1. Furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme
   "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"
    
2. Being the last or concluding element of a series
   "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"

1. The finest or most superior quality of its kind
   "the ultimate in luxury"

Derived forms: ultimates

See also: crowning, eventual, final, last, last-ditch, net, supreme, ultimacy, ultimateness

Type of: quality

Antonym: proximate

Encyclopedia: Ultimate