mop-up

mop–up

noun

Definition of MOP-UP

the last part of a process or action <the general announced that the remaining fighting would be only a mop-up to a war that was all but over>

Synonyms capper, close, closing, conclusion, consummation, end, endgame, ending, finis, finish, grand finale, home stretch, mop-up, windup, wrap-up

Related Words acme, apex, capstone, climax, copestone, coup de grâce (or coup de grace), crescendo, crown, culmination, high-water mark, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, tip-top, top, zenith; aftermath, anticlimax, coda, epilogue (also epilog), postscript; shank, tag end, tail end

Near Antonyms foreword, introduction, overture, preamble, preface, prelude, prologue (also prolog)

Antonyms baseline, beginning, dawn, day one, nascence, nascency, opening, start