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adjective
1 the last person in the line:
rearmost, rear, hindmost, bringing up the rear, nearest the rear, at the end, furthest back, aftermost, endmost, furthest behind, final, ultimate, most remote, remotest, furthest, utmost, extreme;
British at the back (of the queue);
North American at the back (of the line).
▷antonyms first, leading.
2 Rembrandt spent his last years in Amsterdam:
closing, concluding, final, ending, end, finishing, ultimate, terminal, terminating;
valedictory;
later, latter.
▷antonyms early, initial.
3 I'd be the last person to say anything against him:
least likely, most unlikely, most improbable, most reluctant;
least suitable, most unsuitable, most inappropriate, least appropriate, least wanted, least favorite.
▷antonyms first, most likely.
4 he scored a hat-trick last year:
previous, preceding;
latest, most recent;
prior, former.
▷antonyms next.
□ the last word
1 you'll marry my daughter over my dead body, and that's my last word:
final decision, summation, final statement, definitive statement, conclusive comment;
ultimatum.
2 she turned, determined to leave having had the last word:
concluding remark, final remark, final say, closing statement, parting shot, Parthian shot.
3 the spa is the last word in luxury and efficiency:
the best, the peak, the acme, the epitome, the quintessence, the most fashionable, the most up to date, the latest, the newest;
the pinnacle, the apex, the apogee, the cream, the ultimate, the height, the zenith, the utmost, the nonpareil, the crème de la crème, the ne plus ultra, the dernier cri, the beau idéal;
archaic the nonesuch.
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