windup

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Near Antonyms

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

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;

Synonyms

break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, finish, go, halt, lapse, leave off, let up, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wink (out);

Antonyms

continue, hang on, persist;

Near Antonyms

draw out, extend, prolong, protract;

Related Words

desist (from), lay off (of), refrain (from);

knock off, pack (up or in);

break down, conk (out), cut out, stall;

pause, stay, suspend;

abate, peter (out), wind down;

Phrases

bite the dust;