terminalEnglishOxford English Thesaurusterminal adjective 1 a terminal illness: incurable, untreatable, inoperable, end-stage; fatal, mortal, deadly, lethal, killing. 2 terminal patients: dying, near death; incurable. 3 the terminal tip of the probe: end, extreme. ▷antonyms initial, first. 4 a terminal bonus may be payable when a policy matures: final, last, concluding, closing, ultimate, finishing, terminating. 5 informal you've made a terminal fool of yourself: complete, utter, absolute, total, real, thorough, out-and-out, downright, consummate, perfect, veritable; British, informal right, proper; Australian, New Zealand, informal fair; archaic arrant.noun 1 a railway terminal: station, last stop, end of the line; depot; British terminus. 2 the screen of a computer terminal: workstation, VDU, visual display unit, PC, input/output device; monitor, console, keyboard.terminal Oxford Dictionary of English