behindhand

behindhand is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjectivedverb & adjective, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 21 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjectivedverb & adjective. In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.
2. adjectivedverb & adjective. In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work.
3. adjective. behind schedule

   "was behindhand with the rent"

4. adverb. in debt

   "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"

   "a month behind in the rent"

   Synonyms: behind

Synonyms

behind

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