ultimate

Meaning

Adj

1. Final; last in a series.
2. Last in a word or other utterance.
3. Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
4. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
5. That will happen at some time; eventual.
6. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
7. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.

Noun

1. The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
2. The final or most distant point; the conclusion
3. The greatest extremity; the maximum
4. Ellipsis of ultimate frisbee/ultimate disc.

Verb

To finish; to complete.

Synonyms

final

last

utmost

eventual

extreme

terminal

definitive

the last

supreme

latest

uttermost

hindmost

at the end

basic

near

initial

original

chief

actual

critical

‼️

close

principal

real

rearmost

conclusive

finite

fundamental

greatest

highest possible

intense

in the long run

last of all

last resort

latter

limit

limited

limiting

lowest

marginal

maximum

net

nethermost

nth

outermost

peremptory

prime

rear

son

source

stuffing

termination

that is to say

trump

ultimately

unalterable

unappealable

having yet to come

last-place

n-th

basic principles

having a special purpose

uttermostly

utmostly

after all

aftermost

blockade

bottom

boundary

closing

concluding

conclusion

cradle

crisis

criticality

definite

desperate

determinate

dire

doom

drastic

elite

end

🔚

extremely

extremist

farthest

finally

future

in brief

inflexible

in other words

in short

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʌltɪmɪt/

Etymology

* From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), past participle of Latin ultimō, ultimāre (“to come to an end”), from ultimus (“last, final”). See ultra-.
* (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark.