Synonyms of concludes

concludes

verb

present tense third-person singular of conclude

1

as in ends

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

a brief reminder of tonight's game concluded the announcements

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ends
• finishes
• closes
• completes
• terminates
• rounds (off or out)
• wraps up
• winds up
• puts paid to
• rings down the curtain (on)
• climaxes
• closes out
• suspends
• consummates
• crowns
• perfects
• stops
• halts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• begins
• starts
• opens
• commences
• inaugurates

2

as in stops

to come to an end

the concert concluded late in the evening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ends
• stops
• expires
• ceases
• halts
• closes
• goes
• finishes
• terminates
• passes
• determines
• dies
• elapses
• lapses
• discontinues
• leaves off
• breaks off
• quits
• winds up
• lets up
• stalls
• breaks up
• winks (out)
• bites the dust
• pauses
• refrains (from)
• dead-ends
• suspends
• stays
• packs (up or in)
• lays off (of)
• desists (from)
• gives over
• cuts out
• breaks down
• abates
• knocks off
• peters (out)
• winds down
• conks (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continues
• persists
• hangs on
• extends
• prolongs
• draws out
• protracts

3

as in arranges

to bring about through discussion and compromise

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arranges
• negotiates
• discusses
• concerts
• bargains
• argues
• agrees
• deals
• settles (on or upon)
• haggles
• debates
• talks
• reasons
• talks over
• hammers out
• palters
• chaffers
• works out
• renegotiates
• covenants
• hashes (over)
• dickers
• horse-trades
• contracts

4

as in chooses

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration

he concluded that the reprimand could wait until later

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chooses
• decides
• opts
• figures
• finds
• resolves
• determines
• settles (on or upon)
• selects
• elects
• rules
• picks
• prefers
• contemplates
• decrees
• names
• ponders
• rules (on)
• considers
• adjudges
• deliberates
• adjudicates
• weighs
• thinks (about or over)
• debates
• culls
• ruminates
• entertains
• judges
• handpicks
• studies
• meditates
• singles (out)
• cogitates
• mulls (over)
• arbitrates
• questions
• referees
• chews over
• umpires

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuses
• rejects
• declines
• turns down
• abstains
• hesitates
• halts
• delays
• stalls
• vacillates
• temporizes
• wavers
• waffles
• shilly-shallies

5

as in derives

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

• derives
• understands
• decides
• infers
• thinks
• deduces
• extrapolates
• assumes
• speculates
• reasons
• judges
• guesses
• reads
• supposes
• draws a conclusion
• ascertains
• surmises
• gathers
• makes out
• interprets
• contemplates
• construes
• rationalizes
• conjectures
• philosophizes
• finds out
• dopes (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of concludes

Even so, the report concludes that the risks outweigh those benefits. — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

McKinsey, too, concludes that sales strategies can no longer be designed around a single buyer type. — Jodi Amendola, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

In the following photos, Justin is seen snuggling on the couch with his son, in another candid selfie with Hailey, and the post concludes with a photo of a golf club flanked by a bunch of golf balls. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026

Judge Martinez-Olguin has scheduled a trial start date of March 2, 2027, and Paramount agreed to put the merger on hold until the trial concludes. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

Acuña is 7-for-12 with two doubles and two homers in the four-game series that concludes Monday afternoon. — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Your essay concludes with a reflection on the financial difficulties that come with working in print journalism. — Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

At the end of the next 10 weeks, when NASCAR concludes its Cup Series schedule at Homestead-Miami Speedway, whoever has the most points from these 10 races is the new champion. — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Adults like the idea of school, Gray concludes, and so are reluctant to criticize it. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026