ultimate

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. farthest, most remote; extreme, last; maximum; terminal, final, conclusive; elemental; eventual. See end.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. final, terminal, latest; see last 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

greatest, highest, best, height, top, pinnacle, summit, peak, last word, ne plus ultra, culmination.

ANT.: lowest, minimum

II

a.

1. utmost maximum, highest, greatest, uppermost, supreme, paramount, extreme, best, superlative, preeminent.

2. final conclusive, last, concluding, ending, completing, finishing, terminal, terminating, closing, furthest, farthest, eventual.

ANT.: 1. lowest, minimum, worst. 2. beginning, initial, opening

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Of or relating to a terminative condition, stage, or point: final, last1, latter, terminal. See START. 2. Of or being an irreducible element: basic, elemental, elementary, essential, fundamental, primitive, underlying. See SURFACE. 3. Greatest in quantity or highest in degree that has been or can be attained: maximal, maximum, top, topmost, utmost, uttermost. See HIGH, LIMITED. 4. Of the greatest possible degree, quality, or intensity: extreme, supreme, transcendent, unsurpassable, utmost, uttermost. See BETTER, BIG. 5. Most distant or remote, as from a center: extreme, farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, outermost, outmost, utmost, uttermost. See BIG, EDGE. II noun The greatest quantity or highest degree attainable: maximum, outside, top, utmost, uttermost. Idiom: ne plus ultra. See HIGH, LIMITED.