Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun last_word

3 senses of last word

Sense 1
last word -- (the final statement in a verbal argument; "she always gets the last word")
       => argument, statement -- (a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true")

Sense 2
last word -- (an authoritative statement; "my doctor has the last word on the medicines I take")
       => authority -- (an authoritative written work; "this book is the final authority on the life of Milton")

Sense 3
chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word -- (elegance by virtue of being fashionable)
       => elegance -- (a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility")