Synonyms of elapses

elapses

verb

present tense third-person singular of elapse

as in expires

to come to an end

in those coin-operated binoculars at scenic areas your viewing time seems to elapse almost before it has begun

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of elapses

Under LeVota’s policies, the first set of tax credits would appear on residents’ bills in 2027, several months after his temporary term elapses. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026

When that time elapses, items must be removed form the street. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2026

Longer payouts mean more time elapses between when a jeweler buys a customer’s antique necklace, and when that jeweler receives a check from a refiner. — Maliya Ellis, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2026

This cycle elapses across thousands of years—glacially slow to us but almost instantaneous on cosmic scales. — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2026

How much time elapses between events, and what time something happens, depends on the observer’s frame of reference. — Adrian Bardon, The Conversation, 12 Nov. 2025

As the Universe expands, the expansion rate and energy density both do not change, leading to a relentless state where the Universe doubles in size, again and again, each time a certain interval elapses. — Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025