Synonyms of denouements

denouements

noun

variants also dénouements

plural of denouement

as in endings

formal the final part of something (such as a book, a play, or a series of events)

In the play's denouement, the two lovers kill themselves.

the competition's exciting denouement

Related Words

• endings
• finales
• sequels
• conclusions
• aftermaths
• sequences
• outcomes
• repercussions
• effects
• results
• echoes
• implications
• consequences
• developments
• precipitates
• issues
• corollaries
• fates
• resultants
• products
• aftereffects
• ramifications
• fruits
• upshots
• children
• outgrowths
• backwashes
• side effects
• aftershocks
• by-products
• afterglows
• afterclaps
• fallouts
• offshoots
• spin-offs
• blowbacks
• ripples

Dissimilar Words

• factors
• considerations
• beginnings
• determinants
• grounds
• foundations
• stimuli
• bases
• bases
• incentives
• sources
• reasons
• origins
• mothers
• springs
• causes
• roots
• occasions
• instigations
• starts
• antecedents
• impetuses
• inspirations
• groundworks
• causations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of denouements

A number of denouements follow in All That’s Left of You, including a jump forward into 2022, when Hanan and Salim, who now live in Canada, go back to Jaffa and find Salim’s old family home, a run-down oasis of the past in a city determined to forget its history. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026