Antonyms for ultimate
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhl-tuh-mit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌl tə mɪt |
Definition of ultimate
Origin :- 1650s, from Late Latin ultimatus, past participle of ultimare "to be final, come to an end," from ultimus "last, final," superlative of *ulter "beyond" (see ultra-). Ultimate Frisbee is attested from 1972.
- adj last, final
- adj best, greatest
- adj fundamental
- Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people?
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- In that insistence lay her ultimate compensation for untold misery.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It is, if I can fully attain to it, the ultimate realisation of the artistic life.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- It was of course my soul in its ultimate essence that I had reached.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- But to recognise that the soul of a man is unknowable, is the ultimate achievement of wisdom.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- Out of all this disappointment would come her ultimate happiness.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- I propose to discuss this evening the ultimate power in control of our journals.
- Extract from : « Commercialism and Journalism » by Hamilton Holt
- There was never any doubt of what the ultimate fate of the Knigsberg would be.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- What was the ultimate fate of this remarkable creature is not disclosed.
- Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
- This was his ultimate reflection, and he slept comfortably upon it.
- Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Synonyms for ultimate
- absolute
- basic
- capping
- categorical
- chips down
- closing
- concluding
- conclusive
- decisive
- elemental
- empyreal
- empyrean
- end
- eventual
- extreme
- far out
- farthermost
- farthest
- final curtain
- furthermost
- furthest
- highest
- hindmost
- incomparable
- latest
- latter
- lattermost
- max
- maxi
- maximum
- most
- most distant
- paramount
- preeminent
- primary
- radical
- significant
- sublime
- superlative
- supreme
- surpassing
- terminal
- the most
- topmost
- towering
- transcendent
- transcendental
- unequalable
- unmatchable
- unsurpassable
- utmost
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