Dictionary Entry
latter
latter is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain.
- 2adjective
Of two things, the one mentioned second.
- 3adjective
Recent; modern.
- 4adjective
Last; latest; final.
- 5noun
the second of two or the second mentioned of two
"Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today"
- 6adjective
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
"in the latter case"
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