last frontier

1. 1.

   a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union

   “Alaska is the largest state in the United States”

   SynonymsAlaskaAK

   BroaderAmerican state

   Part ofUnited States

   PartsAlaskan pipelineIditarod TrailDenali National ParkGates of the Arctic National ParkKatmai National ParkKenai Fjords National Park

Questions about last frontier

What does last frontier mean?

last frontier means "a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union".

What is another word for last frontier?

Close synonyms include Alaska, AK. 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 last frontier a common word?

last frontier 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.