CLOSES OUT Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

closes out

verb

present tense third-person singular of close out

as in ends

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 excludes

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 shuts

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

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Recent Examples of closes out First-time headliners Riley Green and Zach Top will anchor the first two nights of the country music festival, before genre superstar Garth Brooks closes out the final night. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026 Miranda closes out her video with this statement, as well as a prediction that more brands will take up the mantle of effort-signaling content. — Lis Anderson, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Olivia Rodrigo, Alex Warren, JENNIE and more stars are making sure the month of August closes out with a packed weekend of new music releases. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026 But as the episode closes out on another flash-forward to Joe’s captivity, we’re reminded that the plan of escape from this hellish timeline only throws her deeper into its clutches. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026 This year, there are a few weeks to go until Labor Day closes out the season, so the summer stretch will easily rank as the highest-grossing since 2019, according to Rentrak. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026 The show closes out its five-season run stuck in a narrative rut. — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026 The contemporary dance troupe closes out a 20-year run with its final three hometown shows, including works by choreographers Fernando Magadan, Cayetano Soto, Joan Rodriguez, Richard Siegal and Trey McIntyre. — Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 The evening closes out with a spirited and twerk-forward performance from Zara Larsson. — Jada Yuan, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for closes out

Verb

When a relationship ends, language is as much of a casualty as love.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Aikman’s five-year, $90 million contract with ESPN ends after the Super Bowl.

— Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of ends

Verb

But that excludes knock-on impacts to prices for airfare or food, for example, which can make the overall impact on price growth higher, the consultancy said in a May report.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
That figure jumped after Friday's inflation report showed that prices remain stubbornly high and core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy, picked up in August from the previous month.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of excludes

Verb

There’s a brief pause, and then my phone goes haywire, inundated with Bluetooth signal spam — new Airpods connections, contact requests, an avalanche of popups that make my phone basically unusable until Hedge shuts it off.

— Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
Both failures are expensive in flood response, since a miss floods a warehouse and a false alarm shuts one down for no reason.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of shuts

Verb

But he’s intrigued enough to take the file from Emma anyway and quickly concludes, along with River, that Loy did not break his own arm and then barbecue himself making marshmallows.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
The move comes at the start of the Fed's two-day policy meeting, with markets pricing in higher chances of a quarter-point rate hike when the meeting concludes Wednesday after August inflation remained well above the central bank's 2% target.

— Lee Ying Shan,Sean Conlon, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of concludes

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The ‘no outside assistance’ rule is officially defined as Rule 41 of the Racing Rules of Sailing, which bans a competing boat from taking physical or tactical help from anyone outside the crew.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
The Taliban bans filming in public areas where flogging as well as stoning takes place, but MA says that individuals who oppose the practice have been discretely filming these events, then posting the video.

— Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of bans

Verb

Bonta has said that Ellison’s pledge for the two studios to release 30 films a year wasn’t enough to end the legal wrangling because prosecutors often are powerless to enforce conditions after a deal closes.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Jewish tradition never closes the gate on sincere repentance.

— Marc Schneier, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of closes

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Instead of the traditional strawberry jam or maple syrup, Hart uses blackberry and yuzu jam, then finishes the sandwich with cherry blossom powdered sugar made with sakura flowers sourced from a farm in Japan.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
Once the homicide unit finishes its investigation, the case heads to the San Diego County district attorney’s office, which will decide if the police officer who shot the man is criminally liable, according to the statement.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026