latter
latter is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Of two things, the one mentioned second. The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior. I. Watts.
- 2.Recent; modern. Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania Locke.
- 3.Last; latest; final. [R.] "My latter gasp." Shak. Latter harvest, the last part of the harvest. -- Latter spring, the last part of the spring of the year. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- after
- afterbirth
- alternate
- amoebean
- append
- behind
- come
- coming
- consecution
- consecutive
- consequent
- continuation
- continuity
- ensue
- follow
- following
- going
- inferiority
- into
- next
- order
- place
- placenta
- posterior
- posteriority
- proximate
- rear
- secondariness
- sequacious
- sequence
- sequent
- step
- subordinancy
- subsequent
- subsequently
- succeed
- succeeding
- succession
- successiveness
- suffix
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is latter.
- What is of two things, the one mentioned second. The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior. I. Watts called?
- What is recent; modern. Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania Locke called?
- What is last; latest; final. [R.] "My latter gasp." Shak. Latter harvest, the last part of the harvest. -- Latter spring, the last part of the spring of the year. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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