CLOSED OUT Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

closed out

verb

past tense of close out

as in ended

to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point the team closed out the season with major losses

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as in excluded

to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of don't assume an attitude that closes out any possibility of a compromise

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as in shut

to stop the operations of failing health forced the cardiologist to close out his practice

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Recent Examples of closed out Atlanta closed out its last home regular-season game with a strong 106-81 finish to shut down the Chicago Sky. — Micahya Costen, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Reading, at home, won the first game of the series, 21-4, and then closed out the series Thursday. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 With the Marlins clinging to faint playoff hopes, Alcantara came out of the bullpen for the first time in nine years and closed out a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 The controversial and beloved stand-up closed out his summer season of shows across the pond, heading off to London for the Pulling Up Tour. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026 That closed out a loss to a flawed but talented Astros, who will very likely make the playoffs. — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Kodai Senga closed out the ninth for his sixth save in a 4-2 win to take the series from San Francisco. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026 But after a quick touchdown drive to take a 34-27 lead, the Oregon defense stiffened, and closed out the win with back-to-back stops. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026 Tiafoe saved three championship points in the final game before Fils closed out the victory. — Jeff Wallner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Over the course of Next Gen NYC’s season, which ended this past week, the model Ava Dash grabs a slice of pizza on Fulton Street; strolls through the Seaport; and calls her father, the hip-hop mogul Damon Dash, from a bench at Pier 17.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2026
But the optics changed for James — a four-time NBA champion who has won titles with three different teams — once the Knicks ended their drought without needing his help.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of ended

Verb

Until 1984, college athletics were excluded from antitrust law because antitrust didn’t deal with noncommercial, amateur pursuits.

— Sen. Rand Paul OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
That anyone who questioned this restriction was marginalized and excluded and actually thrown out of society.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of excluded

Verb

Deadline revealed on Wednesday that the BBC is expected to announce TV and radio network closures early next week, with speculation that BBC Three could be shut.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
In short order, Ford halted Explorer production in Chicago for a week amid magnet shortages, while Japanese and European auto suppliers shut production lines awaiting materials.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of shut

Verb

When Beck finished, his lawyer asked Leigh to follow her to the table to sign some paperwork.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Then there’s the Beyond Speyside series that launched last year with Jamaica Edition, a whisky that was aged for 12 years and then finished in rum barrels sourced from that Caribbean island nation.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of finished

Verb

Eventually, marijuana was banned from the tour bus altogether.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
The slew of events begins with a formal arrival ceremony later on Wednesday, just as a judge is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit brought by the three news outlets the president banned from the White House last week.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of banned

Verb

The grand jury and Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath both concluded those allegations were baseless.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The first phase of the competition concluded in late August, with all 25,000 relationships between polynomials and symmetry groups realized.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of concluded

Verb

Grant starts that particular groundswell early, after failing to sing an impressively low note and being eliminated in Round 1.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
The Reds and Marlins have long been eliminated from playoff contention and will be playing for nothing more than pride this week.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026