at last
The moment arrived
At last signals that something long awaited has finally arrived or happened.
It carries a sense of relief or satisfaction after delay, difficulty, or anticipation: At last, the rain stopped.
The phrase often emphasizes the emotional weight of waiting: At last we're alone.
- finallyAt the end
- eventuallyAt a later time
- long-awaitedExpected after much time
- in the endAfter all is considered
- after allDespite preceding circumstances
end · end of the road · conclusion · overdue · hard-won · finish · finish line · closure · deliverance · relief · sigh of relief · ultimately · home stretch · culmination · moment of truth · accomplished · rest · about time
- reliefrelief, phew, whew, ease, easing
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- anticipationanticipating, expectation, expectancy, expecting, awaiting
- Conclusion phrasesin conclusion, to conclude, finally, in closing, to sum up
- story phrasesonce upon a time, happily ever after, the end, long ago, a long time ago
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
temporal arrival/culmination
at lastnever
At no point
not ever · at no time · immediately · right away · instantly
last, at, lasting, latest, everlasting, lasts, lastly, latter, lasted