Fish and meat are both nourishing, but the latter is more expensive than the former.
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Latter
//ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "latter" (18 found)
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1 entriesAntonyms
7 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
4 entriesdistinct from
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
similar
2 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- на второ място adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- неотдавнашен adj (close (or closer) to the present time)
Catalan
2 entries- ponent adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- segon adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 後者 /后者 adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Dutch
4 entries- dichtsbijzijnde adj (close (or closer) to the present time)
- jongstleden adj (close (or closer) to the present time)
- laatste adj (near (or nearer) to the end)
- laatstgenoemd adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉi-lasta adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Faroese
1 entries- seinni adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Finnish
4 entries- jäljempi adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- jäljempi adj (near (or nearer) to the end)
- jälkimmäinen adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- myöhempi adj (close (or closer) to the present time)
French
1 entries- dernier adj (close (or closer) to the present time)
German
4 entries- letzter adj (close (or closer) to the present time)
- letztere adj (near (or nearer) to the end)
- letzterer adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- zweiter adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Hungarian
4 entries- hátrébb lévő adj (near (or nearer) to the end)
- későbbi adj (near (or nearer) to the end)
- második adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- utóbbi adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Italian
2 entries- quest'ultimo adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- secondo adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Japanese
1 entries- 後者 adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Korean
1 entries- 후자 adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Māori
1 entries- mātāmuri adj (near (or nearer) to the end)
Norn
1 entries- ettri adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Norwegian
1 entries- sist adj (near (or nearer) to the end)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sistnevnt adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sistnemnd adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Occitan
3 entries- aiceste adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- aqueste adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- este adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Persian
1 entries- دومی adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Polish
4 entries- drugi (z dwóch) adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- końcowy adj (near (or nearer) to the end)
- ostatni adj (near (or nearer) to the end)
- ostatni adj (close (or closer) to the present time)
Portuguese
3 entries- este adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- segundo adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- último adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Russian
4 entries- более поздний adj (close (or closer) to the present time)
- второ́й adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- после́дний adj (near (or nearer) to the end)
- после́дний adj (close (or closer) to the present time)
Spanish
4 entries- aqueste adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- aquesto adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- este último adj (near (or nearer) to the end)
- esto adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Swedish
3 entries- andra adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- senare adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- sistnämnda adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
Vietnamese
4 entries- gần đây adj (close (or closer) to the present time)
- mới đây adj (close (or closer) to the present time)
- sau adj (relating to or being the second of two items)
- sau cùng adj (near (or nearer) to the end)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Love is above money. The latter can't give as much happiness as the former.
Source: tatoeba (28689)
I prefer the former plan to the latter.
Source: tatoeba (35451)
The latter half of the drama was a little dull.
Source: tatoeba (46889)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.