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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Thule, Ultima Thule, bottom dollar, boundary, butt, butt end, catastrophe, climax, completion, conclusion, consummation, culmination, denouement, end, end result, extreme, extremity, fag end, farthest bound, final result, finale, jumping-off place, last act, limit, nib, payoff, point, pole, stub, stump, tag, tag end, tail, tail end, termination, tip
Dictionary Results for bitter end:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
bitter end
    n 1: the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be); "he was
         determined to fight to the bitter end"
    2: (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the
       end that is wound around a bitt

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bitter \Bit"ter\, n. [See Bitts.] (Naut.)
   AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.
   [1913 Webster]

   Bitter end, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts,
      and so within board, when the ship rides at anchor.
      [1913 Webster]

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