in the final analysis
When all's weighed
In the final analysis means when everything has been considered—after all factors are weighed and all arguments examined.
It introduces a conclusion or bottom-line judgment: In the final analysis, the project failed because of poor planning.
The phrase signals that what follows is the speaker's ultimate assessment, cutting through complexity to reach an essential truth.
- endFinal portion or cessation
- at the end of the dayAfter all considerations
- ultimateHighest or most extreme
- when all is said and doneAfter all factors considered
- outcomeFinal result of events
bottom line · essence · summation · assessment · verdict · last word · denouement · conclusion · all things considered · deduction · culmination · synthesis · reasoning · truth · moment of truth · result · net result · resolution
in the final analysisat first glance
On preliminary observation
initially · to begin with · at first · off the bat · at first blush
in the final analysissuperficially
At surface level only
on the surface · cursorily · on the face of it · prima facie · off the top of one's head
in the final analysistentatively
Without full commitment
provisionally · for now · subject to revision · hypothetically · speculatively
final, analysis, finale, finality, finally, finalist, finalize, finalized, finalizing