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hindmost
[hahynd-mohst or, especially Brit., -muhst] 
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hindmost
[hahynd-mohst or, especially Brit., -muhst]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | last |
| Synonyms: | concluding, final, rear |
| Antonyms: | first, leading |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | eventual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | future, concluding |
| Synonyms: | closing, conditional, consequent, contingent, dependent, down the pike, down the road, ending, endmost, ensuing, final, hindmost, in the cards, indirect, inevitable, last, later, latter, overall, possible, prospective, resulting, secondary, succeeding, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, vicarious |
| Antonyms: | past |
| Main Entry: | final |
| 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: | last |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | final; newest |
| Synonyms: | aftermost, antipodal, at the end, bitter end, climactic, closing, concluding, conclusive, crowning, curtains, definitive, determinate, determinative, end, ending, endwise, eventual, extreme, far, far-off, farthest, finishing, furthest, hindmost, lag, latest, least, lowest, meanest, most recent, once and for all, outermost, rearmost, remotest, supreme, swan song, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, utmost, uttermost |
| Antonyms: | beginning, first, front, initial, introductory, oldest, primary, starting |
| Main Entry: | latter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | latest, concluding |
| Synonyms: | closing, eventual, final, following, hindmost, lag, last, last-mentioned, later, modern, rearmost, recent, second, terminal |
| Antonyms: | earliest, former, preceding |
| Main Entry: | posterior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rear |
| Synonyms: | after, back, behind, dorsal, hind, hinder, hindmost, in back of, last, retral |
| Antonyms: | anterior, front |
| Main Entry: | rear |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | back, end |
| Synonyms: | aft, after, astern, backward, behind, dorsal, following, hind, hinder, hindermost, hindmost, last, mizzen, posterior, postern, rearmost, rearward, retral, reverse, stern, tail |
| Antonyms: | beginning, front |
| Main Entry: | terminal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | final, deadly |
| Synonyms: | bounding, check out*, closing, concluding, eventual, extreme, fatal, hindmost, incurable, killing, lag, last, latest, latter, lethal, limiting, mortal, on way out, period, ultimate, utmost |
| Antonyms: | beginning, initial, opening, reviving, starting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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