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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ending, last |
| Synonyms: | closing, concluding, crowning, end, eventual, finishing, hindmost, lag, last-minute, latest, latter, supreme, terminal, terminating, ultimate |
| Notes: | final means occurring at or forming an end or not to be altered or undone, while a finale is the concluding part of any performance |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencing, first, opening, starting |
| Main Entry: | accurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | correct, without error |
| Synonyms: | absolute, actual, authentic, authoritative, certain, conclusive, definite, definitive, errorless, exact, factual, faultless, final, flawless, genuine, infallible, irrefutable, official, perfect, right, straight, strict, true, truthful, undeniable, undisputed, unimpeachable, unquestionable, unrefuted, valid, veracious |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, erroneous, false, inaccurate, misleading, mistaken, questionable, untruthful, wrong |
| Main Entry: | back |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | end |
| Synonyms: | aback, abaft, aft, after, astern, back of, backward, behind, final, following, hind, hindmost, in the wake of, posterior, rear, rearmost, rearward, tail |
| Antonyms: | front |
Example Sentences
- It made a wide turn in preparation for the approach for its final landing.
- Duncan declined to say whether the final rule would retain the debt-to-income and loan-repayment calculations.
- The final phase involved leasing an isolated farmhouse.
| Main Entry: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complete, thorough |
| Synonyms: | absolute, conclusive, decisive, entire, final, perfect, total, unimpaired, whole |
| Antonyms: | incomplete |
| Main Entry: | closed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | finished, terminated |
| Synonyms: | concluded, decided, ended, final, over, resolved, settled |
| Antonyms: | beginning, continuing, open, started, starting, unsettled |
| Main Entry: | crowning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | climactic |
| Synonyms: | consummate, culminating, excellent, final, paramount, principal, sovereign, supreme, ultimate |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complete, total |
| Synonyms: | absolute, bloody, downright, entire, final, out-and-out, outright, perfect, sure, thorough, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, whole |
| Antonyms: | continuing, enduring, incomplete, unfinished |
| Main Entry: | decisive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | definite |
| Synonyms: | absolute, all out, assured, bent, certain, conclusive, crisp, critical, crucial, decided, definitive, determined, fateful, final, firm, flat out, forceful, imperative, imperious, incisive, influential, intent, litmus test, momentous, peremptory, positive, resolute, resolved, set, settled, significant, straight out, strong-minded, trenchant |
| Notes: | decided means recognizable, marked, unmistakable or definite, while decisive means having the power to determine an outcome or being conclusive |
| Antonyms: | indecisive, indefinite, procrastinating, unpositive |
| Main Entry: | definitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authoritative |
| Synonyms: | absolute, actual, categorical, clear-cut, closing, complete, completing, concluding, conclusive, decisive, definite, determining, downright, ending, exhaustive, express, final, finishing, flat out, last, limiting, nailed down, perfect, plain, precise, real, reliable, settling, specific, straight out, terminal, terminating, ultimate, unambiguous |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, inconclusive, inexact, interim, temporary, unreliable |
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