ultimate

ultimate

adjective

Definition of ULTIMATE

1

of the greatest or highest degree or quantity <the ultimate speed yet attained by a land-based vehicle>

Synonyms consummate, last, max, maximum, most, nth, outside, paramount, supreme, top, utmost, uttermost

Related Words unequaled (or unequalled), unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled (or unrivalled), unsurpassed; biggest, hugest, largest; topmost, upmost, uppermost

Near Antonyms littlest, minutest, smallest, tiniest; lowest; fewest

Antonyms least, minimal, minimum, slightest

2

following all others of the same kind in order or time <the ultimate speaker at today's meeting>

Synonyms bottommost, closing, concluding, final, hindmost, lag, latest, latter, rearmost, terminal, terminating, ultimate

Related Words consequent, ensuing, eventual, following, succeeding; conclusive, crowning, decisive, definitive; farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, remotest; lowermost, lowest, nethermost; endmost, extreme, outermost, outmost, utmost; penultimate

Near Antonyms eminent, premier, superior

Antonyms beginning, earliest, first, foremost, headmost, inaugural, initial, leadoff, maiden, opening, original, pioneer, primary, starting

3

most distant from a center <the ultimate edges of the universe>

Synonyms farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, outermost, outmost, remotest, ultimate, utmost

Related Words aftermost, rearmost, sternmost

Near Antonyms intermediate, medial, median, mid, middle, midmost

Antonyms inmost, innermost, nearest