Noun: last word lãst wurd
- An authoritative statement
"my doctor has the last word on the medicines I take"
- The final statement in a verbal argument
"she always gets the last word"
- Elegance by virtue of being fashionable
"Her outfit was the last word in contemporary fashion";
- chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank [informal]
Derived forms: last words
Type of: argument, authority, elegance, elegancy [archaic], statement
Encyclopedia: Last word