| Latter 1. (a.) Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain. 2. (a.) of two things, the one mentioned second. 3. (a.) Recent; modern. 4. (a.) Last; latest; final. Thesaurus Entries abandonment, accommodation, adjustment, arrangement, blockade, breakoff, capping, cease, ceasing, cessation, close, closure, concluding, conclusion, consummative, consummatory, crowning, culminating, culminative, decline, desinence, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, eventual, final, finish, finishing, hindmost, homestretch, lag, lapse, last lap, last round, last stage, latest, latter, occlusion, perfecting, perfective, period, relinquishment, renunciation, sealing, settlement, shutdown, shutting, shutting up, signature, signing, solemnization, stop, stopping, surcease, terminal, terminating, termination, ultimate |