Synonyms of concluded

concluded 1 of 2

adjective

as in finished

brought or having come to an end

with another recently concluded fiscal year behind us, we are now ready to face new challenges

Synonyms & Similar Words

• finished
• done
• ended
• completed
• complete
• terminated
• up
• over
• realized
• through
• accomplished
• down
• out of hand
• out of the way
• defunct
• achieved
• over with
• attained
• expired
• obsolete
• extinct
• compassed
• dead
• kaput

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incomplete
• ongoing
• unfinished
• continuing
• uncompleted
• undone

concluded

2 of 2

verb

past tense of conclude

1

as in ended

to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point

a brief reminder of tonight's game concluded the announcements

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ended
• finished
• completed
• closed
• terminated
• wrapped up
• rounded (off or out)
• put paid to
• wound up
• climaxed
• closed out
• crowned
• rang down the curtain (on)
• consummated
• suspended
• perfected
• halted
• stopped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• began
• started
• opened
• commenced
• inaugurated

2

as in stopped

to come to an end

the concert concluded late in the evening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ended
• stopped
• halted
• ceased
• expired
• finished
• terminated
• passed
• went
• died
• determined
• closed
• discontinued
• stalled
• lapsed
• elapsed
• broke off
• left off
• let up
• broke up
• winked (out)
• wound up
• quit
• paused
• dead-ended
• bit the dust
• laid off (of)
• suspended
• refrained (from)
• stayed
• packed (up or in)
• cut out
• knocked off
• broke down
• desisted (from)
• abated
• gave over
• petered (out)
• wound down
• conked (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continued
• persisted
• hung on
• extended
• prolonged
• protracted
• drew out

3

as in arranged

to bring about through discussion and compromise

concluded an economic agreement among the world's leading industrial nations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arranged
• negotiated
• discussed
• bargained
• concerted
• agreed
• dealt
• settled (on or upon)
• argued
• reasoned
• haggled
• debated
• talked
• talked over
• renegotiated
• dickered
• contracted
• paltered
• hammered out
• covenanted
• chaffered
• horse-traded
• worked out
• hashed (over)

4

as in decided

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration

he concluded that the reprimand could wait until later

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decided
• figured
• chose
• opted
• found
• resolved
• determined
• settled (on or upon)
• ruled
• named
• selected
• decreed
• picked
• elected
• preferred
• culled
• pondered
• adjudged
• contemplated
• studied
• adjudicated
• debated
• ruled (on)
• considered
• judged
• weighed
• thought (about or over)
• deliberated
• questioned
• handpicked
• ruminated
• singled (out)
• entertained
• arbitrated
• cogitated
• refereed
• meditated
• umpired
• chewed over
• mulled (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refused
• rejected
• declined
• turned down
• abstained
• hesitated
• halted
• delayed
• stalled
• temporized
• vacillated
• wavered
• waffled
• shilly-shallied

5

as in derived

to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information

concluded that only the murderer could possibly have known that information

Synonyms & Similar Words

• derived
• understood
• decided
• inferred
• deduced
• reasoned
• thought
• extrapolated
• guessed
• assumed
• judged
• speculated
• ascertained
• gathered
• made out
• read
• surmised
• supposed
• drew a conclusion
• interpreted
• construed
• conjectured
• contemplated
• rationalized
• found out
• philosophized
• doped (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of concluded

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

Prosecutor Sally Adams told jurors that a state psychiatrist who is slated to testify concluded that Eaton did not have a mental disease or defect. — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

When the Rock a Little tour concluded and Stevie was back in Los Angeles, her team staged an intervention. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

Many astronomers concluded that big black holes dotted the universe, washing out the light of the stars in their host galaxies. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

Brussels also concluded an agreement with Indonesia, in September 2025, after nearly a decade of negotiations. — Jonas Nahm, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

The fourth plane was headed for Washington, officials concluded, but the aircraft went down in Pennsylvania after passengers and crew members stormed the cockpit and fought the hijackers. — Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026

Some saw the other cheaters get away with it and concluded the prompt forbidding cheating had no teeth—that there wouldn’t be any punishment for cheating. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026