Definition of last

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• last is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 4
• last is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 4
• last is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 5

Definition of last

• persist for a specified period of time (verb)

  Examples

  1. The bad weather lasted for three days

  Synonyms

  1. endure
• the time at which life ends; continuing until dead (noun)

  Examples

  1. a struggle to the last

  Synonyms

  1. death
• the item at the end (adverb)

  Examples

  1. last, I'll discuss family values

  Synonyms

  1. finally
  2. in conclusion
  3. lastly
• not to be altered or undone (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the arbiter will have the last say

  Synonyms

  1. final
• holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. cobbler's last
  2. shoemaker's last
• the temporal end; the concluding time (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. close
  2. conclusion
  3. finale
  4. finis
  5. finish
  6. stopping point
• continue to live and avoid dying (verb)

  Examples

  1. how long can a person last without food and water?

  Synonyms

  1. endure
  2. go
  3. hold out
  4. hold up
  5. live
  6. live on
  7. survive
• occurring at or forming an end or termination (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the last days of the dinosaurs

  Synonyms

  1. concluding
  2. final
  3. terminal
• conclusive in a process or progression (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a last resort

  Synonyms

  1. final
  2. net
• highest in extent or degree (adjective)

  Examples

  1. to the last measure of human endurance
  2. whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually

  Synonyms

  1. utmost
• lowest in rank or importance (adjective)

  Examples

  1. last prize
  2. in last place

  Synonyms

  1. last-place
  2. lowest
• the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence (noun)

  Examples

  1. I had to miss the last of the movie

  Synonyms

  1. end
• a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do (noun)

  Examples

  1. he breathed his last
• a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels (noun)
• a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds (noun)
• coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the last time I saw Paris
  2. the last day of the month
  3. had the last word
  4. waited until the last minute
  5. he raised his voice in a last supreme call
  6. the last game of the season
  7. down to his last nickel
• immediately past (adjective)

  Examples

  1. last Thursday
  2. the last chapter we read
• most unlikely or unsuitable (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the last person we would have suspected
  2. the last man they would have chosen for the job
• occurring at the time of death (adjective)

  Examples

  1. his last words
  2. the last rites
• the last or lowest in an ordering or series (noun)

  Examples

  1. he was the last to leave
  2. he finished an inglorious last

See definition of last in Merriam Webster