Meanings
- An expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.
And, last but not least, Pep Guardiola’s tactical mastery shone through despite setbacks.
2020 July 26, Louise Taylor, “Premier League 2019-20 season review: our writers’ best and worst”, in The GuardianSynonyms: and of course
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbAn expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin addition to all the foregoing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Rhetoric: A possible/common pattern to arrange a speech or essay suggests putting your strongest and thus most important argument favoring your own opinion first and conclude with the weakest, thus least important argument.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bengali শেষ তবে কম গুরত্ত্বপূর্ণ নয়
- শেষ তবে কম গুরত্ত্বপূর্ণ নয় (śeś tobe kom gurottopurno noẏ)An expression to start the last item of a list
Bulgarian и не́ на после́дно мя́сто
- и не́ на после́дно мя́сто (i né na poslédno mjásto)An expression to start the last item of a list
Chinese Mandarin 最後但同樣重要的是 /最后但同样重要的是
- 最後但同樣重要的是 /最后但同样重要的是 (zuìhòu dàn tóngyàng zhòngyào de shì)An expression to start the last item of a list
Czech v neposlední řadě
- v neposlední řaděAn expression to start the last item of a list
Danish sidst, men ikke mindst
- sidst, men ikke mindstAn expression to start the last item of a list
Dutch laatst maar niet het minst
- laatst maar niet het minstAn expression to start the last item of a list
Esperanto laste sed ne malpleje, laste sed ne balaste
- laste sed ne malplejeAn expression to start the last item of a list
- laste sed ne balasteAn expression to start the last item of a list
Finnish viimeisimpänä muttei vähäisimpänä
- viimeisimpänä muttei vähäisimpänäAn expression to start the last item of a list
French le dernier mais non le moindre
- le dernier mais non le moindreAn expression to start the last item of a list
German zu guter Letzt, nicht zuletzt
- zu guter LetztAn expression to start the last item of a list
- nicht zuletztAn expression to start the last item of a list
Hebrew אַחֲרוֹן אַחֲרוֹן חָבִיב
- אַחֲרוֹן אַחֲרוֹן חָבִיב (akharón akharón khavív)An expression to start the last item of a list
Hungarian végül, de nem utolsósorban
- végül, de nem utolsósorbanAn expression to start the last item of a list
Icelandic síðast en ekki síst
- síðast en ekki sístAn expression to start the last item of a list
Irish an ball is mó ar deireadh, an meall is mó ar deireadh
- an ball is mó ar deireadhAn expression to start the last item of a list
- an meall is mó ar deireadhAn expression to start the last item of a list
Italian ultimo ma non meno importante
- ultimo ma non meno importanteAn expression to start the last item of a list
Norwegian Bokmål sist, men ikke minst
- sist, men ikke minstAn expression to start the last item of a list
Polish na koniec
- na koniecAn expression to start the last item of a list
Portuguese (por) último, mas não menos importante
- (por) último, mas não menos importanteAn expression to start the last item of a list
Romanian ultimul dar nu cel din urmă, nu în ultimul rând
- ultimul dar nu cel din urmăAn expression to start the last item of a list
- nu în ultimul rândAn expression to start the last item of a list
Russian коне́чно, после́дний по счёту, но не по ва́жности
- коне́чно (konéčno)An expression to start the last item of a list
- после́дний по счёту, но не по ва́жности (poslédnij po sčótu, no ne po vážnosti)An expression to start the last item of a list
- хотя́ и после́дний, но не ме́нее ва́жный (xotjá i poslédnij, no ne méneje vážnyj)An expression to start the last item of a list
Slovak v neposlednom rade
- v neposlednom radeAn expression to start the last item of a list
Spanish por último, pero no menos importante
- por último, pero no menos importanteAn expression to start the last item of a list
Swedish sist men inte minst
- sist men inte minstAn expression to start the last item of a list
Yiddish אחרון אחרון חבֿיבֿ
- אחרון אחרון חבֿיבֿ (akhren akhren khovev)An expression to start the last item of a list
Cite this entry
last but not least. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/last%20but%20not%20least
“last but not least.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/last%20but%20not%20least. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “last but not least,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/last%20but%20not%20least.
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