last word
Discussion's closing statement
The last word is the final statement in a dispute or discussion, carrying special weight because no rebuttal follows.
Someone who has to have the last word insists on making the closing argument.
The phrase also means the most advanced or authoritative version of something: the last word in luxury, the last word on the subject.
Ending all debate
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- bindingLegally or morally required
- unappealableNot subject to review
terminal · closing · endgame · swan song · valedictory · epilogue · parting shot · farewell
Quick to conclude
- verdictOfficial court decision
- final sayUltimate deciding authority
- rulingFormal legal determination
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
decree · mandate · ultimatum · veto · override · determination · pronouncement · adjudication
conclusive
Ending all debate
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- bindingLegally or morally required
unappealable · terminal · closing · endgame · swan song · valedictory · epilogue · parting shot · farewell · sign-off
decisive
Quick to conclude
judgment · decree · mandate · ultimatum · veto · override · determination · pronouncement · adjudication · arbitration
- word phraseslost for words, at a loss for words, in other words, put into words, beyond words
- cocktailsmartini, margarita, Manhattan, mojito, daiquiri
- conversation enderscase closed, end of story, that settles it, I rest my case, done
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- Final decisionsverdict, ruling, judgment, final ruling, decision
- Prohibition drinksbathtub gin, bootleg whiskey, hooch, moonshine, near beer
last wordfirst word
Earliest in order
opening · beginning · introduction · opening statement · preamble
last wordfirst word
Earliest in order
opening argument · concession · starting point · acquiescence · deference
last wordfirst word
Earliest in order
old news · old hat · yesterday's news · outdated · passé
word, last, lasting, ultimate, everlasting, lasts, lastly, lasted, outlast