ultimate

ul-ti-mate · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Being or happening at the end of a process; final.

  2. 2.

    Being the best or most extreme example of its kind.

  3. 3.

    Basic or fundamental.

Related words

Antonyms: first, initial, preliminary
See also: final, ultimately
Synonyms: final, paramount, supreme

Etymology

From Latin ultimatus, past participle of ultimare "to come to an end," from ultimus "last, final."