Synonyms for ultimately
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adverb
1. Eventually — indicating the last item
2. Essentially — indicating the most important action
Definitions
- adv. 1
Indicating the last item.
Firstly,… Secondly,… Ultimately,…
- adv. 2
Indicating the most important action.
Ultimately, he will have to make a decision before the end of the week.
Example sentences
- finally We finally decided to give him over to the police.
- eventually She worked so hard that eventually she became ill.
- lastly Lastly, is there anything else to share with the group?
- conclusively This conclusively decided the matter.
- essentially Tom said essentially the same thing that Mary did.
- fundamentally I'm afraid you've fundamentally misunderstood me.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ultimately | rising | |
| finally | rising | |
| eventually | rising | |
| lastly | falling | |
| conclusively | falling | |
| essentially | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- yet1, yit
- 4 letters
- last1
- 6 letters
- lastly2
- 7 letters
- finally3
- 9 letters
- basically3
- 10 letters
- eventually5
- 11 letters
- essentially4
- 12 letters
- conclusively4
- 13 letters
- fundamentally5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lastly2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- ultimement
- Italiano
- ultimamente