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Synonyms for last

Another word for last is past, senior or fourth-year. Below are 24 synonyms and 4 related words across 12 senses, with antonyms.

Also searched as: lasted, laster, lasts.

1. adjective: immediately past

2. adjective: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining

Antonyms

3. adjective: occurring at or forming an end or termination

4. adjective: most unlikely or unsuitable

5. adjective: occurring at the time of death

6. adjective: conclusive in a process or progression

7. adjective: highest in extent or degree

8. adjective: not to be altered or undone

9. adjective: lowest in rank or importance

10. noun: the temporal end; the concluding time

11. noun: the last or lowest in an ordering or series

12. noun: a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do

Related words

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Questions people ask

What is another word for last?

You can say past, senior, fourth-year, ultimate or sunset instead of last. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "immediately past".

What is the opposite of last?

The opposite of last is first.

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Senses and synonyms from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0); the most common words come first. Browse more on the synonyms and antonyms hub.