at long last

1. 1.

   as the end result of a succession or process

   “ultimately he had to give in”

   “at long last the winter was over”

   Synonymsultimatelyfinallyin the endat last

Questions about at long last

What does at long last mean?

at long last means "as the end result of a succession or process".

What is another word for at long last?

Close synonyms include ultimately, finally, in the end, at last. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is at long last a common word?

at long last is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.