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Finish

🔄 Synonyms of "Finish"

17 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
closenoun	(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
completeverb	(transitive) To make whole or entire.
terminusnoun	The end or final point of something.
terminateverb	(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
conclusionnoun	The end, finish, close or last part of something.
ceaseverb	(formal, intransitive) To stop.
lastverb	Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
endnoun	The terminal point of something in space or time.
finisnoun	Of a book or other work: the end.
finalenoun	The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.
wind upverb	(intransitive, copulative) To end up; to arrive or result.
coatingnoun	A thin outer layer.
end upverb	(copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.
polish offverb	(idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.
stopping pointnoun	the temporal end; the concluding time
finishingnoun	The act of completing something.
eat upverb	(ambitransitive) To consume completely.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
startverb	The beginning of an activity.
commencementnoun	(education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
beginverb	(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
beginningnoun	(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
finisnoun	Of a book or other work: the end.
conclusionnoun	The end, finish, close or last part of something.
terminusnoun	The end or final point of something.
endnoun	The terminal point of something in space or time.
end upverb	(copulative) To come to a final place, condition, or situation, sometimes unplanned or unexpected; to turn out.
completeverb	(transitive) To make whole or entire.
closenoun	(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
lastverb	Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
ceaseverb	(formal, intransitive) To stop.
terminateverb	(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
finalenoun	The grand end of something, especially of a show or piece of music.
polish offverb	(idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.
wind upverb	(intransitive, copulative) To end up; to arrive or result.
eat upverb	(ambitransitive) To consume completely.
coatingnoun	A thin outer layer.
stopping pointnoun	the temporal end; the concluding time
ended	(especially in combination) Having (a specified kind or number of) ends.
concludeverb	(transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
closurenoun	An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
overnoun	Finished; ended; concluded.