Definition of ULTIMATE

ultimate

Meanings

Plural: ultimates

Noun

  • the finest or most superior quality of its kind
    • "the ultimate in luxury"
  • The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
  • The final or most distant point; the conclusion
  • The greatest extremity; the maximum
  • Ellipsis of ultimate frisbee or ultimate disc.

Adjective

  • furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme
    • "the ultimate achievement"
    • "the ultimate question"
    • "man's ultimate destiny"
    • "the ultimate insult"
    • "one's ultimate goal in life"

Adjective Satellite

  • being the last or concluding element of a series
    • "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"

Adj

  • Final; last in a series.
  • Last in a word or other utterance.
  • Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
  • Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
  • That will happen at some time; eventual.
  • Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
  • Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.

Verb

  • To finish; to complete.

Origin / Etymology

* From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (“to come to an end”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from ultimus (“last, final”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See ultra-.
* (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark.

Synonyms

final, utmost, uttermost

Scrabble Score: 10

ultimate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ultimate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ultimate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

ultimate is a valid Words With Friends word