'Punctual' definitions:
Definition of 'punctual'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual payment" [ant: unpunctual]
Definition of 'Punctual'
From: GCIDE
- Punctual \Punc"tu*al\, a. [F. ponctuel (cf. Sp. puntual, It. puntuale), from L. punctum point. See Point.]
- 1. Consisting in a point; limited to a point; unextended. [R.] "This punctual spot." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The theory of the punctual existence of the soul. -- Krauth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Observant of nice points; punctilious; precise. [1913 Webster]
- Punctual to tediousness in all that he relates. -- Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- So much on punctual niceties they stand. --C. Pitt. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Appearing or done at, or adhering exactly to, a regular or an appointed time; precise; prompt; as, a punctual man; a punctual payment. "The race of the undeviating and punctual sun." --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- These sharp strokes [of a pendulum], with their inexorably steady intersections, so agree with our successive thoughts that they seem like the punctual stops counting off our very souls into the past. -- J. Martineau. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'punctual'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accurate,
- active,
- alert,
- apt,
- attentive,
- careful,
- close,
- compliant,
- conforming,
- conscientious,
- conscionable,
- constant,
- correct,
- critical,
- decisive,
- delicate,
- demanding,
- detailed,
- devoted,
- devout,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- exact,
- exacting,
- exigent,
- expeditious,
- exquisite,
- faithful,
- fastidious,
- fine,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fussy,
- heedful,
- immediate,
- instant,
- instantaneous,
- loyal,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- minute,
- narrow,
- nice,
- observant,
- on the dot,
- on time,
- overconscientious,
- overscrupulous,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- practicing,
- precise,
- precisianistic,
- precisionistic,
- prompt,
- punctilious,
- quick,
- ready,
- refined,
- regardful,
- religious,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- scrupulous,
- scrutinizing,
- speedy,
- strict,
- subtle,
- summary,
- swift,
- tender-conscienced,
- timely,
- true