English adjective: ultimate | |||
1. | ultimate furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme | ||
Samples | The ultimate achievement. The ultimate question. Man's ultimate destiny. The ultimate insult. One's ultimate goal in life. | ||
Similar | crowning, eventual, final, last, last-ditch, net, supreme | ||
Attribute | ultimacy, ultimateness | ||
Antonyms | proximate | ||
2. | ultimate being the last or concluding element of a series | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Similar | last | ||
Antonyms | first | ||
English noun: ultimate | |||
1. | ultimate (attribute) the finest or most superior quality of its kind | ||
Samples | The ultimate in luxury. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||