Entry Word: finale

Function: noun

Meaning: the last part of a process or action <the finale to the festivities was a grand display of fireworks>

Synonyms close, closing, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, finis, finish, windup

Related Words apex, climax, crescendo, culmination, peak, summit, zenith; aftermath, anticlimax, coda, epilogue, postscript; tag end, tail end

Near Antonyms introduction, overture, prelude, prologue

Antonyms beginning, dawn, opening, start