Antonyms for ultimate


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhl-tuh-mit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌl tə mɪt


Definition of ultimate

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Late Latin ultimatus, past participle of ultimare "to be final, come to an end," from ultimus "last, final," superlative of *ulter "beyond" (see ultra-). Ultimate Frisbee is attested from 1972.
  • adj last, final
  • adj best, greatest
  • adj fundamental
Example sentences :
  • Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people?
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • In that insistence lay her ultimate compensation for untold misery.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • It is, if I can fully attain to it, the ultimate realisation of the artistic life.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • It was of course my soul in its ultimate essence that I had reached.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • But to recognise that the soul of a man is unknowable, is the ultimate achievement of wisdom.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • Out of all this disappointment would come her ultimate happiness.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • I propose to discuss this evening the ultimate power in control of our journals.
  • Extract from : « Commercialism and Journalism » by Hamilton Holt
  • There was never any doubt of what the ultimate fate of the Knigsberg would be.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • What was the ultimate fate of this remarkable creature is not disclosed.
  • Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
  • This was his ultimate reflection, and he slept comfortably upon it.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Synonyms for ultimate

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