latter
Meaning of latter
adjective
- occurring or situated nearer to the end of something than to the beginning.
the latter half of 1989
heart disease dogged his latter years
- denoting the second or second mentioned of two people or things.
the Russians could advance into either Germany or Austria—they chose the latter option
the President appoints the Prime Minister and, on the latter's advice, the rest of the government
Old English lætra ‘slower’, comparative of læt (see late).
Information about latter
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of latter
lat-ter
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- latter is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
latter synonyms
Meaning comparative of late (adjective):
Meaning furthest back:
Meaning bringing something to an end; final:
Meaning a final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a story:
Meaning bring or come to an end:
Meaning coming at the end of a series:
Meaning constituting number two in a sequence; coming after the first in time or order; 2nd:
Meaning coming after all others in time or order; final:
latter antonyms
Meaning having previously been a particular thing:
Meaning existing or coming before in time, order, or importance:
Translation of latter
Anagrams of latter
artlet, Letart, rattel, rattle, talter, tartle, tatler, Trelat
Words that rhyme with latter
Platter, Schlatter, Vatter, aftermatter, antimatter, atter, backfatter, backscatter, batter, bebatter, bechatter, beclatter, beflatter, bescatter, bespatter, besplatter, betatter, blatter, catter, chatter, clatter, clitterclatter, combatter, cybersquatter, debatter, discatter, fatter, flatter, flyswatter, formatter, gatter, gnatter, hamfatter, hatter, matter, natter, nonmatter, nonshatter, outbatter, outchatter, outflatter, overmatter, overscatter, overspatter, patter, phatter, photostatter, platter, preflatter, ratter
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