Omega

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: o=me=ga

CIDE DICTIONARY

Omega, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'w^ me`ga, i.e., the great or long o. Cf. Mickle.].

•  The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.  [1913 Webster]
•  The last; the end; hence, death.  [1913 Webster]

  "“Omega! thou art Lord,” they said."  [1913 Webster]

  "The alpha and omega of science."  [1913 Webster]

Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending; hence, the chief, the whole. Rev. i. 8.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Omega, n.
1 the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet.
2 the last of a series; the final development.

Etymology

Gk, o mega = great O

THESAURUS

Omega

Z, apodosis, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, coda, conclusion, consummation, crack of doom, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, decease, denouement, destination, destiny, doom, effect, end, end point, ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, expiration, fate, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finis, finish, goal, izzard, last, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, payoff, period, peroration, quietus, resolution, resting place, stoppage, stopping place, swan song, term, terminal, termination, terminus, windup

ROGET THESAURUS

Omega

End

N end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.