'Ultimate' definitions:
Definition of 'ultimate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life" [ant: proximate]
adjective
Being the last or concluding element of a series; "the ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable"
noun
The finest or most superior quality of its kind; "the ultimate in luxury"
Definition of 'Ultimate'
From: GCIDE
- Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, a. [LL. ultimatus last, extreme, fr. L. ultimare to come to an end, fr. ultimus the farthest, last, superl. from the same source as ulterior. See Ulterior, and cf. Ultimatum.]
- 1. Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final. [1913 Webster]
- My harbor, and my ultimate repose. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this our ultimate happiness. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. [1913 Webster]
- Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we can not rationally contradict. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate particle; an ultimate constituent of matter. [1913 Webster]
- Ultimate analysis (Chem.), organic analysis. See under Organic.
- Ultimate belief. See under Belief.
- Ultimate ratio (Math.), the limiting value of a ratio, or that toward which a series tends, and which it does not pass. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Final; conclusive. See Final. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ultimate'
From: GCIDE
- Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Ultimated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ultimating.]
- 1. To come or bring to an end or issue; to eventuate; to end. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To come or bring into use or practice. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ultimate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- acmatic,
- acme,
- acme of perfection,
- apical,
- apotheosis,
- approaching,
- basic,
- binding,
- boundary,
- capital,
- categorical,
- caudal,
- chief,
- climax,
- closing,
- collateral,
- coming,
- complete,
- completing,
- completive,
- completory,
- compulsory,
- conclude,
- concluding,
- conclusive,
- consummate,
- consummation,
- consummative,
- contingent,
- crowning,
- culminating,
- culmination,
- deciding,
- decisive,
- decretory,
- definitive,
- desired,
- destinal,
- destined,
- determinative,
- determine,
- determined,
- dictated,
- elemental,
- emergent,
- empyreal,
- empyrean,
- end,
- endmost,
- entailed,
- epitome,
- essential,
- eventual,
- exalted,
- extrapolated,
- extreme,
- farthermost,
- farthest,
- farthest off,
- fatal,
- fated,
- fatidic,
- final,
- finalizing,
- finish,
- finishing,
- forthcoming,
- fulfilling,
- fundamental,
- furthermost,
- furthest,
- future,
- futuristic,
- grand,
- greatest,
- hard-and-fast,
- head,
- headmost,
- height,
- hereafter,
- highest,
- highest pitch,
- hindmost,
- hoped-for,
- imminent,
- imperative,
- imposed,
- incomparable,
- indirect,
- irrevocable,
- lag,
- last,
- last word,
- later,
- latest,
- latter,
- limiting,
- lofty,
- mandated,
- mandatory,
- maximal,
- maximum,
- meridian,
- meridional,
- most distant,
- must,
- ne plus ultra,
- nearing,
- obligatory,
- overmost,
- paramount,
- peak,
- peremptory,
- perfection,
- pink,
- pink of perfection,
- pinnacle,
- planned,
- plotted,
- polar,
- predicted,
- preeminent,
- prescript,
- prescriptive,
- primary,
- probable,
- projected,
- prophesied,
- prospective,
- quintessence,
- remotest,
- required,
- secondary,
- sublime,
- summit,
- summital,
- supreme,
- surpassing,
- tail,
- terminal,
- terminate,
- terminating,
- terminative,
- tip-top,
- to come,
- to-be,
- top,
- topmost,
- towering,
- transcendent,
- transcendental,
- underlying,
- unmatchable,
- unsurpassable,
- upmost,
- uppermost,
- utmost,
- uttermost,
- vertical,
- wind up,
- without appeal,
- wrap up,
- zenithal