<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>pertaining to or coming at the end; last in place, order, or time: the final meeting of the year.</li><li>Antonyms: first, initial</li><li>ultimate: The final goal is world peace.</li><li>conclusive or decisive: a final decision.</li><li>Synonyms: unalterable, irreversible, irrevocable, definite</li><li>constituting the end or purpose: a final result.</li><li>pertaining to or expressing the end or purpose: a final clause.</li><li>Law: precluding further controversy on the questions passed upon: The judicial determination of the Supreme Court is final.</li><li>determining all issues presented, so that no further decision upon the merits of the issues is necessary: a final judgment or decree.</li><li>Phonetics: occurring at the end of a word or syllable, as the (t) sound in bit or bite.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>that which is last; that which forms an end or termination. Often finals.</li><li>the last and decisive game, match, contest, or round in a series, as in sports.</li><li>the last, usually comprehensive, examination in a course of study.</li><li>the last edition of a newspaper published on any day.</li><li>Music: the tonic note of a church mode.</li></ul>