be the last word in sth
Definition
› to be the best or most modern example of something: It's a nice enough restaurant and it's very reasonably priced but it's not exactly the last word in style.Modern and fashionableFashionModern and fashionableGood, better and bestInformal words for goodQuite good, or not very good
(Definition of be the last word in sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- avant-garde adjective
- be (all) the rage idiom
- be the new sth idiom
- fashionable adjective
- funky adjective (FASHIONABLE)
- futuristic adjective
- get with the programme idiom
- go-ahead adjective
- happening adjective
- progressive adjective (MODERN)
- sharply adverb (FASHIONABLE)
- snappy adjective (STYLISH)
- snazzy adjective
- sophisticated adjective
- space-age adjective
- state-of-the-art adjective
- street cred noun
- with it adjective (FASHION)
- à la mode adjective
- à la mode adverb
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