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Synonyms for latter
ˈlæt ərlat·ter

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. latteradjective

    Antonyms:
    aforementioned, former, aforesaid

  2. latteradjective

    Antonyms:
    aforesaid, former, aforementioned

  3. latteradjective

    Antonyms:
    former, aforesaid, aforementioned

  4. latteradjective

    Antonyms:
    aforesaid, former, aforementioned

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. latteradjective

    the second of two or the second mentioned of two

    "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today"

    Antonyms:
    former

  2. latter(a)adjective

    referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)

    "in the latter case"

    Antonyms:
    former

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. latteradjective

    Synonyms:
    last mentioned (of two)

  2. latteradjective

    Synonyms:
    recent, modern

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "latter":

    last, latest, second, past, recent, final, ultimate, later, iast

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#150after
#318following
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#588latest
#758past
#820final
#944later
#2668ultimate
#4534subsequent
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#17158concluding
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How to use latter in a sentence?

  1. Albert Einstein:

    Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

  2. Bill Gross:

    The reason nominal growth is critical is that it allows a country, company or individual to service their debts with increasing income, allocating a portion to interest expense and another portion to theoretical or practical principal repayment via a sinking fund, without the latter, a credit-based economy ultimately -devolves into Ponzi finance, and at some point implodes. Watch nominal GDP growth.

  3. Henry Fielding:

    He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.

  4. R. A. Salvatore, Sojourn:

    There is a wide world out there, my friend, full of pain, but filled with joy as well. The former keeps you on the path of growth, and the latter makes the journey tolerable.

  5. Democritus:

    Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.


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