Ultimate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Being last in a series, process, or progression: "As the ultimate arbiter of the Constitution, the Supreme Court occupies a central place in our scheme of government” ( Richard A. Epstein).
  • adj. Fundamental; elemental: an ultimate truth.
  • adj. Of the greatest possible size or significance; maximum: Has the ultimate diamond been found?
  • adj. Representing or exhibiting the greatest possible development or sophistication: the ultimate bicycle.
  • adj. Utmost; extreme: the ultimate insult.
  • adj. Being most distant or remote; farthest. See Synonyms at last1.
  • adj. Eventual: hoped for ultimate victory.
  • n. The basic or fundamental fact, element, or principle.
  • n. The final point; the conclusion.
  • n. The greatest extreme; the maximum: actions that represented the ultimate in political expediency.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Concerning the last or final thing in a series.
  • adj. Last in a word or other utterance.
  • adj. Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
  • adj. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
  • adj. That will happen sometime; eventual.
  • n. The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
  • n. The final or most distant point; the conclusion
  • n. The greatest extremity; the maximum
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc.
  • adj. Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final.
  • adj. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
  • adj. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.
  • v. To come or bring to an end or issue; to eventuate; to end.
  • v. To come or bring into use or practice.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In meck., final; ‘breaking'; specifically, noting the strain required to “break a piece of material.
  • Furthest; most remote in place.
  • Last; the last of a series of three or more members, especially of a series in which an inquiry is traced from one member to another: as, the ultimate signification of a phrase; an ultimate principle; an ultimate fact.
  • In entomology, specifically noting a stage of the second larva, after the third molt, of those insects which undergo hypermetamorphosis, as the blister-beetles (Meloidæ), It succeeds the scarabæidoid stage, and is followed by the coarctate larva.
  • Synonyms Eventual, Conclusive, etc. See final.
  • To result finally; end.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme
  • adj. being the last or concluding element of a series
  • n. the finest or most superior quality of its kind
  • Equivalent
    final    last    supreme    eventual    crowning    net    last-ditch   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    quality   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    final    conclusive    farthest    extreme    last    constituent    elemental    eventuate    end   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    immediate    final    absolute    definite    supreme