Nouns (7)
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last
n. a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
last
n. a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
death, last
n. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"
end, last, final stage
n. the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
Verbs (10)
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last, endure
v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
v. continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
Adverbs (5)
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last
adv. most_recently; "I saw him last in London"
last, lastly, in conclusion, finally
adv. the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"
Adjectives (25)
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last
adj. most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
last
adj. occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites"
last
adj. conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
last
adj. coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"
last, utmost
adj. highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"
final, last
adj. not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"
last, latest, up to date, newest
adj. "wears only the latest styles"; "the last thing in swimwear"; "everything's up to date in Kansas City"
last, later, latter
adj. referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); "in the latter case"
final, last, net
adj. conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
concluding, final, last, terminal
adj. occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"
last, last-place, lowest
adj. lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"
Fuzzynyms (95)
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denouement
n. the outcome of a complex sequence of events
finale, close, closing curtain, finis
n. the concluding part of any performance
doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world
n. an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world"
prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure
v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out
v. continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
weather, endure, brave, brave out
v. face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements"
stay, remain, rest
v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
keep, stay fresh
v. fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time"
loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
remain
v. be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"
be
v. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
tolerate
v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"
prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure
v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
last, endure
v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
weather, endure, brave, brave out
v. face and withstand with courage; "She braved the elements"
preserve
v. keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes"
bide, abide, stay
v. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
outlive, outlast, survive
v. live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"
backmost, hindermost, hindmost, rearmost
adj. located farthest to the rear
drastic
adj. forceful and extreme and rigorous; "drastic measures"
immoderate
adj. beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"
bizarre, eccentric, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre
adj. conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"
revolutionary, radical
adj. markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views"
overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating
adj. having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
irrevocable, irrevokable
adj. incapable of being retracted or revoked; "firm and irrevocable is my doom"- Shakespeare
peremptory
adj. putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory decree"
up-to-the-minute, latest
adj. up to the immediate present; most recent or most up-to-date; "the news is up-to-the-minute"; "the very latest scientific discoveries"
immediate
adj. of the present time and place; "the immediate revisions"
Synonyms (69)
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keep, maintain, hold
v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
farfetched, implausible
adj. highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse"; "an implausible explanation"
outside, remote
adj. very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency"
declining
adj. drawing to an end: "his declining years"
moribund
adj. being on the point of death; breathing your last; "a moribund patient"
crowning(a)
adj. representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment; "the crowning accomplishment of his career"
final, last, net
adj. conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
eventual(a)
adj. expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating; "hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue"; "if this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market"
highest
adj. highest and most significant: "his highest achievement"
most-distant
adj. (ultimate)
supreme
adj. greatest or maximal in degree; extreme; "supreme folly"
advanced
adj. (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically"
broad(a), full(a)
adj. being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full summer"
climactic
adj. consisting of or causing a climax; "a climactic development"
exalted
adj. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
overflowing, swollen, flooding, in flood
adj. overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks"
graduate(a), postgraduate
adj. of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree; "graduate courses"
great
adj. more than usual: "high risks"; "high winds"; "great expectations"; "great worry"
higher(a)
adj. of education beyond the secondary level; "higher education"; "higher learning"
higher(a)
adj. advanced in complexity or elaboration; "higher finance"; "higher mathematics"
soaring
adj. ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual; "soaring prices"
definitive, determinate
adj. supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem"
advanced
adj. recently developed: "modern art"
contemporary, modern-day
adj. characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
modernistic
adj. relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";
modernized, modernised
adj. brought up to date; "modernized methods"
neo
adj. (used as a combining form) recent or new; "`neo' is a combining form in words like `neocolonialism'"
state-of-the-art
adj. the highest level of development at a particular time (especially the present time); "state-of-the-art technology"
ultramodern
adj. extremely modern; "Dadism and ultramodern art"
advanced, ripe
adj. far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"
delinquent, overdue, in arrears
adj. past due; not paid at the scheduled time; "an overdue installment"; "a delinquent account"
latish
adj. somewhat late
posthumous
adj. occurring or coming into existence after a person's death; "a posthumous award"; "a posthumous book"; "a posthumous daughter"
recent
adj. immediately before the present
crowning(a)
adj. representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment; "the crowning accomplishment of his career"
eventual(a)
adj. expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating; "hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue"; "if this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market"
highest
adj. highest and most significant: "his highest achievement"
last
adj. conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
most-distant
adj. (ultimate)
supreme
adj. greatest or maximal in degree; extreme; "supreme folly"
year-end
adj. taking place at the close of a fiscal year; "year-end audit"
basest, lowest
adj. lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"
bottom
adj. the lowest rank; "bottom member of the class"
most wicked, most evil
adj. (worst)
pessimal, pessimum(a)
adj. of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival
Antonyms (7)
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first
adj. preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"
intermediate
adj. lying between two extremes in time or space or state; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane"
initial
adj. occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"
earlier, earliest
adj. (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"
previous(p), premature
adj. too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment"
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