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

Investigators haven't concluded whether the incident was state-backed or what the motive was, but authorities have strongly hinted that Iran is possibly involved. — Sylvia Hui, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

Another independent doctor subsequently concluded that the child's suffering was clear and unbearable, and that the requirements for termination of life under the nation's rules had been met. — Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

That money should have been returned to the state’s general fund, the grand jury concluded, but officials in the governor’s office wanted the money to subsidize their campaign against Amendment 3. — Jim Defede, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

In an essay from 2013, the Yale Law professor Jed Rubenfeld concluded that the only way out of this conundrum was to abandon consent and return to a force definition of rape. — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

Voorhies recently revealed that Haskins concluded their run on their sitcom with a touching wrap gift. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026

Fewer sources place the end of the war in 1980, the year the successful transition from British colony to independent Zimbabwe concluded. — Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

Both sides concluded that the other was acting in bad faith, and the conflict resumed. — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2026

Prosecutors and the defense rested their cases after closing arguments concluded on Thursday. — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026