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 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 September is off to a tepid start, a day after Wall Street closed out August on a downbeat note. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026 Tiafoe saved three championship points in the final game before Fils closed out the victory. — Jeff Wallner, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 Then Brown tripped, which nearly led to an interception, before Maye closed out the initial 11-on-11s on a high note. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2026 Nneka Ogwumike and Erica Wheeler led the Sparks’ late surge, combining clutch threes but missing critical shots in the final minute as Golden State closed out the game. — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for closed out

Verb

Season five ended abruptly after a video leaked of Taylor Frankie Paul throwing a stool at her ex Dakota Mortensen and almost hitting her daughter.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Oklahoma State ended its 21-game losing streak against FBS opponents with a 39-31 victory over Oregon.

— Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of ended

Verb

The Oscars also excluded the actor from its own In Memoriam segment in March.

— Zack Sharf, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
The appeal argues that determination is not supported by substantial evidence and that the city improperly excluded demolition of Red Rest from historical resource impact analysis.

— Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of excluded

Verb

Saudi Arabia shut its East-West pipeline, a highly strategic network that transports crude oil from the kingdom’s eastern coast to the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea, following the damage caused by a drone attack.

— Anniek Bao,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Picture three competing CEOs, worried that their product might kill people, hopping on a conference call to discuss shutting it all down for a while.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of shut

Verb

Barkov, just nine months removed from surgery, finished the tournament leading Finland with 11 points (three goals, eight assists) over 10 games.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Both those stages had a similar profile to this race, while Healy also finished an impressive third at last year’s edition in Rwanda.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of finished

Verb

Earlier this year, two band members were banned from Singapore for displaying the Palestinian flag onstage during a concert.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
Under the new rules, K-12 schools are also explicitly banned from deploying AI applications designed to meet students’ social or emotional needs, which includes technology that is meant to simulate friendship with the user.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of banned

Verb

During the three-day September 2026 edition, which closed Tuesday, the shows collectively attracted 37,000 visitors.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
Northbound Interstate 435 lanes in Shawnee were closed Wednesday afternoon following a crash involving seven vehicles, police said.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of closed

Verb

Independent analysis has concluded that recent Russian elections — including the 2024 presidential contest, in which officials said Putin secured more than 87 percent of the vote — were fraudulent.

— Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
But a recent working paper analyzing the results of 42 different studies concluded that school meal programs in high-income economies had minimal effects on students’ behavioral, health or educational outcomes.

— Ari Sen, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of concluded

Verb

However, Heidi was eliminated during week 8 of the competition, while Charli and Mark won the series.

— Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Viewer votes will be combined with judges’ scores to determine the pairs that will be eliminated and those that will continue on to next week’s show.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026