Main entry: ultimate
Definition: furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme
Usage: the ultimate achievement; the ultimate question; man's ultimate destiny; the ultimate insult; one's ultimate goal in life
Antonyms: proximate
Definition: closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects
Antonyms: first
Definition: preceding all others in time or space or degree
Antonyms: gross
Definition: before any deductions
Main entry: ultimate
Definition: being the last or concluding element of a series
Usage: the ultimate sonata of that opus; a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable
Antonyms: first
Definition: preceding all others in time or space or degree