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

The sportswear giant announced the end of their relationship last month, concluding nearly two decades of sponsorship, which began when Mbappé was just nine years old. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

Alyssa Lareau, who left the Civil Rights Division’s Federal Coordination and Compliance Section last year after concluding that anti-discrimination laws such as Title VI were no longer being faithfully enforced, was similarly torn. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

City planning staff is recommending that commissioners agree, concluding that the development would not create significant environmental effects beyond those already analyzed in Rancho Cordova’s 2006 general plan environmental review. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Following a pair of nights in Hartford, the pop singer will make her way across North America through February 2027, concluding with a 10-night run at both Los Angeles’ Intuit Dome and New York City’s Barclays Center. — Karla Cote, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026

What’s Happening The American Heart Association issued a 2025 scientific statement concluding that cuffless blood pressure devices should not be used to diagnose, track or treat high blood pressure at this time. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Despite concluding the actor’s death was accidental, authorities continue investigating whether anyone might be criminally responsible for providing her with a lethal substance. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

The Sixth Circuit ruled against Ream in April, concluding that the home-distilling restriction could lawfully be used to support the collection of federal liquor taxes. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

But Carney is hardly alone in concluding that Canada must rely less on the United States. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026