ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsUultimate
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ultimate
Meaning: being the final or greatest of its kind, beyond which nothing further exists
ultimate in a sentence
How ultimate is used in real sentences:
Winning the gold medal was the ultimate goal of her ten years of training.
After years of small repairs, replacing the entire roof became the ultimate solution to stop the leaking once and for all.
“Moving the press helped avert its capture and preserved the newspaper for Thomas's ultimate aim: enabling the public to judge its rulers.”
— from the passage Ink Before Dawn
Synonyms for ultimate
Other words for ultimate — final, supreme and utmost — carry the same meaning.
- final
- supreme
- utmost
Antonyms of ultimate
Words that mean the opposite of ultimate:
Where it comes from
From Latin ultimus 'last, farthest'
Word parts
- ultim — final, end
ultimate: ultim (final) + -ate (adjective ending)
Memory hook
ULTIMATE sounds like ULTIMA (last) — the last, final one.