last but not least
Phrase signaling final item matters
Last but not least introduces the final item in a series while emphasizing it shouldn't be undervalued for coming at the end: Last but not least, I'd like to thank my parents.
The phrase is formulaic and often sounds rehearsed, appearing frequently in speeches, award ceremonies, and lists where the speaker wants to signal continued importance despite ordering constraints.
- finallyAt the end
- in conclusionSignals the ending
- and of courseIntroduces an expected addition
- one more thingFinal addition mentioned
- without further adoWith no more delay
ultimately · end · conclusion · equivalent · honorable mention · bringing up the rear · wrap-up · closing remarks · summation · importantly · to sum up · culmination · on that note · epilogue · denouement · endpoint · concluding · termination
- clichescliche, platitude, bromide, tired phrase, worn phrase
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- stock phrasesstock phrase, set phrase, cliche, catchphrase, filler phrase
- Conclusion phrasesin conclusion, to conclude, finally, in closing, to sum up
- summariessummary, synopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts
last but not leastfirst and foremost
Most important, before others
first of all · to begin with · first off · start · beginning
last but not leastleast of all
Lowest in consideration
and finally · incidentally · by the way · not to mention · trivially