last words
Deathbed final utterance
Last words are the final utterance before death, often treasured or recorded when spoken by someone notable: His last words were "I love you all".
The phrase extends to any final statement before an ending—the last words of a book, a speech, or a conversation.
To have the last word is to make the final, decisive statement in an argument.
Tribute for the dead
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- epitaphText honoring the deceased
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
- final statementConcluding spoken or written declaration
dying breath · deathbed confession · mortality · passing · demise · requiem · memorial · remembrance
Departing salutation
- adieuFormal leave-taking
- partingAct of leaving another
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- send-offFarewell gathering or party
bon voyage · fare-thee-well · so long · au revoir · adios · sayonara · shalom · departure
Concluding part of performance
- swan songFinal work or performance
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- codaClosing musical passage
- epilogueConcluding literary section
curtain call · sign-off · closing remarks · final chapter · endgame · capstone · culmination · completion
Widely known, much recognized
- quotableWorth citing verbatim
- iconicWidely recognized, enduring
- historicOf lasting significance
- immortalizedMade permanently remembered
unforgettable · legendary · celebrated · resonant · poignant · indelible · timeless · signature
eulogy
Tribute for the dead
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
- epitaphText honoring the deceased
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
dying breath · final statement · deathbed confession · mortality · passing · demise · requiem · memorial · remembrance · cremation
goodbye
Departing salutation
- adieuFormal leave-taking
- partingAct of leaving another
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
send-off · bon voyage · fare-thee-well · so long · au revoir · adios · sayonara · shalom · departure · valediction
finale
Concluding part of performance
- swan songFinal work or performance
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- codaClosing musical passage
epilogue · curtain call · sign-off · closing remarks · final chapter · endgame · capstone · culmination · completion · windup
famous
Widely known, much recognized
immortalized · unforgettable · legendary · celebrated · resonant · poignant · indelible · timeless · signature · seminal
- literary deathdeath scene, deathbed, dying, corpse, funeral
- literature curiositiesunfinished works, apocrypha, hidden messages, marginalia, ghost writers
- deathdead, deceased, corpse, mortality, demise
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- greetingshi, hello, hey, hola, aloha
- tearjerker elementstearjerker, tragedy, loss, grief, heartbreak
last wordsfirst words
Infant's earliest speech
opening remarks · opening statement · opening lines · introductory remarks · preamble
last wordsfirst words
Infant's earliest speech
inaugural address · opening speech · commencement speech · maiden speech · kickoff
last, words, lasting, latest, everlasting, lastly, outlast, long-lasting, lastingly