| Meaning | furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme / extreme. |
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| Examples | - "the ultimate achievement"
- "the ultimate question"
- "man's ultimate destiny"
- "the ultimate insult"
- "one's ultimate goal in life"
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| Attribute of | ultimacy, ultimateness | The state or degree of being ultimate |
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| Narrower | crowning | representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment |
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| eventual | Expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating |
| final, last, net | conclusive in a process or progression |
| last-ditch | Of something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster) |
| supreme | final or last in your life or progress |
| Opposite | proximate | Closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects |
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| Spanish | extremo |
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| Nouns | ultimateness | the state or degree of being ultimate |
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