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hindermost

ADJECTIVE
endmost
Synonyms
WEAK
at the end farthest furthest hindmost last lattermost rearmost remotest tailing
ADJECTIVE
lattermost
Synonyms
WEAK
aftermost antipodal at the end bitter end climactic closing concluding conclusive crowning curtains definitive determinate determinative end ending endmost 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
ADJECTIVE
rear
Synonyms
STRONG
behind following hind hinder last mizzen posterior postern rearward reverse stern tail
WEAK
aft after astern backward dorsal hindmost rearmost retral
Antonyms
STRONG
first front preceding
WEAK
beginning
ADJECTIVE
rearmost
Synonyms
WEAK
aftermost antipodal at the end bitter end climactic closing concluding conclusive crowning curtains definitive determinate determinative end ending endmost eventual extreme far far-off farthest finishing furthest hindmost lag latest lattermost least lowest meanest most recent once and for all outermost remotest supreme swan song terminal ulterior ultimate utmost uttermost

Example Sentences

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Life was a scramble and devil take the hindermost with him.

From Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)

Grant Adams was centrifugal; he was not considering himself particularly and was shamelessly taking heed of the hindermost which was the devil’s by right.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

She sets her own pace--and Heaven help the hindermost!

From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.

And anyhow, when you've been as long in this game as I have, you'll realize that the motto of the profession is 'Everybody for himself and the devil take the hindermost'!

From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph

It is nothing more nor less than the old rule of "The Devil take the hindermost."

From Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave Held in Boston, in February, 1851. by Various