ULTIMATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • being the last or concluding element of a series
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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 To
   • last (what does last mean?)
2. Meaning
   • furthest or highest in degree or order
   • utmost or extreme
   Usage Example(s)
   • the ultimate achievement
   • the ultimate question
   • man’’s ultimate destiny
   • the ultimate insult
   • one’’s ultimate goal in life
   Antonym(s)
   • proximate (what does proximate mean?)
   Similar To
   • crowning(a) (what does crowning(a) mean?)
   • eventual(a) (what does eventual(a) mean?)
   • farthest (what does farthest mean?)
   • final (what does final mean?)
   • last (what does last mean?)
   • net (what does net mean?)
   • highest (what does highest mean?)
   • supreme (what does supreme mean?)
   • last-ditch (what does last-ditch mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • ultimacy (what does ultimacy mean?)
   • ultimateness (what does ultimateness mean?)
3. Meaning
   • being the ultimate or elemental constituents of anything
   Synonym(s)
   • elemental (what does elemental mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the elemental stuff of…out of which the many forms of life have been molded- Jack London
   • the ultimate ingredients of matter
   • his proposal is elegantly simple
   Similar To
   • simple (what does simple mean?)