Synonyms of concluding

concluding 1 of 2

adjective

as in final

following all others of the same kind in order or time

the concluding statement will be read by the secretary

Synonyms & Similar Words

• final
• latest
• last
• closing
• latter
• terminating
• penultimate
• following
• lowest
• ultimate
• terminal
• lag
• ensuing
• conclusive
• eventual
• succeeding
• rearmost
• consequent
• crowning
• farthest
• hindmost
• decisive
• bottommost
• definitive
• remotest
• furthest
• outermost
• lowermost
• furthermost
• extreme
• farthermost
• nethermost
• endmost
• utmost
• outmost

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• first
• initial
• beginning
• starting
• original
• earliest
• opening
• primary
• foremost
• maiden
• pioneer
• inaugural
• eminent
• headmost
• leadoff
• superior
• premier

concluding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of conclude

1

as in ending

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

a brief reminder of tonight's game concluded the announcements

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ending
• finishing
• closing
• completing
• terminating
• rounding (off or out)
• winding up
• climaxing
• closing out
• crowning
• ringing down the curtain (on)
• wrapping up
• putting paid to
• suspending
• consummating
• perfecting
• halting
• stopping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• beginning
• starting
• commencing
• opening
• inaugurating

2

as in stopping

to come to an end

the concert concluded late in the evening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ending
• stopping
• halting
• expiring
• ceasing
• finishing
• terminating
• closing
• passing
• going
• determining
• dying
• discontinuing
• elapsing
• lapsing
• stalling
• winking (out)
• quitting
• breaking off
• letting up
• winding up
• leaving off
• dead-ending
• breaking up
• pausing
• biting the dust
• refraining (from)
• suspending
• laying off (of)
• packing (up or in)
• staying
• desisting (from)
• cutting out
• giving over
• knocking off
• breaking down
• winding down
• petering (out)
• abating
• conking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuing
• persisting
• hanging on
• extending
• prolonging
• drawing out
• protracting

3

as in arranging

to bring about through discussion and compromise

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arranging
• negotiating
• discussing
• bargaining
• concerting
• dealing
• agreeing
• settling (on or upon)
• reasoning
• debating
• arguing
• dickering
• haggling
• talking
• covenanting
• renegotiating
• talking over
• contracting
• hammering out
• hashing (over)
• chaffering
• paltering
• working out
• horse-trading

4

as in deciding

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration

he concluded that the reprimand could wait until later

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deciding
• choosing
• figuring
• opting
• resolving
• determining
• finding
• settling (on or upon)
• ruling
• naming
• selecting
• decreeing
• picking
• electing
• preferring
• pondering
• thinking (about or over)
• contemplating
• adjudicating
• considering
• debating
• ruling (on)
• culling
• adjudging
• judging
• deliberating
• studying
• weighing
• singling (out)
• handpicking
• questioning
• meditating
• arbitrating
• ruminating
• entertaining
• cogitating
• mulling (over)
• refereeing
• umpiring
• chewing over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejecting
• refusing
• declining
• delaying
• turning down
• abstaining
• halting
• hesitating
• stalling
• temporizing
• wavering
• vacillating
• waffling
• shilly-shallying

5

as in deriving

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

• deriving
• deciding
• understanding
• reasoning
• thinking
• inferring
• assuming
• extrapolating
• judging
• guessing
• deducing
• speculating
• reading
• ascertaining
• supposing
• drawing a conclusion
• gathering
• making out
• construing
• interpreting
• contemplating
• surmising
• rationalizing
• conjecturing
• finding out
• philosophizing
• doping (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of concluding

Verb

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the PG-13 film chronicles Jackson's journey from the Jackson Five to his solo superstardom, concluding with his 1998 Bad tour. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Portlandia aired for eight seasons and 77 episodes on IFC, concluding its run in 2018; check out Rolling Stone’s 20 favorite sketches from Portlandia, as well as Brownstein’s breakdown of the series’ most memorable characters. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2026

On appeal, the Crown argued the trial judge erred by declining to order a fitness assessment before considering a stay and by concluding such an assessment would be futile. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

Prep work is concluding, with staging and installation of the temporary shoring to begin soon after, the official said. — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Afterward, their travels will take them to Singapore, Australia, and Fiji before concluding their honeymoon in Hawaii. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 6 July 2026

Evans was a core member of Swift’s globe-trotting Eras Tour, which kicked off in March 2023 and spanned 149 shows in 51 cities across five continents before concluding in December 2024. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026

While condo association boards often have the authority to approve or deny sales, the prior circuit and appellate court rulings concluding the community’s documents do not grant it that authority may ultimately be reaffirmed in these current cases. — Nicole R. Kurtz, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

Like last year, the race will finish with a circuit loop over Montmartre before concluding on the Champs-Élysées — but organizers have moved the final ascent earlier in the race, hoping to maintain the possibility of a sprint finish. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 July 2026