last word

Noun

Meaning

elegance by virtue of being fashionable

an authoritative statement

the final statement in a verbal argument

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

swank chichi chic smartness chicness modishness stylishness acme vogue epitome quintessence thing height mode fashion

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Antonyms

dung crud bottom dirt filth excrement

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Hypernyms

authority argument elegance statement

Hyponyms

jauntiness rakishness nattiness dapperness

Examples

What I see around the world would drive me insane if I did not know that no matter what happens, God will have the last word. Paisios of Mount Athos

Evolution is not finished; reason is not the last word nor the reasoning animal the supreme figure of Nature. As man emerged out of the animal, so out of man the superman emerges. Sri Aurobindo

A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation. Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Moreover, if the territorial state is to continue as the last word in the development of society, then war is inevitable. Christian Lous Lange

Man's inhumanity to man is not the last word. The truth lies deeper. It is economic slavery, the savage struggle for a crumb, that has converted mankind into wolves and sheep. Alexander Berkman

Never say you know the last word about any human heart. Henry James

Close letter words and terms

last week last will last will and testament last word in something last words last working day