Thesaurus
end
Synonyms and Antonyms of end
- got a drink at the end of practice
arrest, arrestment, cease, cessation, check, close, closedown, closure, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, ending, expiration, finish, halt, lapse, offset, shutdown, shutoff, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, termination
- I'm at the end of my patience.
bound, boundary, cap, ceiling, confines, extent, limit, limitation, line, termination
- A couple of ends of wallpaper were all that was left after we finished papering the room.
- In this case the ends definitely do not justify the means.
name of the game
- The project wasn't yet over, but we were definitely at the beginning of the end.
acme, apex, capstone, climax, copestone, coup de grâce (or coup de grace), crescendo, crown, culmination, high-water mark, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, tip-top, top, zenith
aftermath, anticlimax, coda, epilogue (also epilog), postscript
- The ends of his shirt cuffs were badly frayed.
- How the explorers met their end is unknown.
curtains, death, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, exit, expiration, fate, grave, great divide, passage, passing, quietus, sleep
- Keep up your end of the bargain.
Synonym Discussion of end
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- announced his intention to marry
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- the clear intent of the statute
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- being successful was her purpose in life
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- the order of events came by accident, not design
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- her aim was to raise film to an art form
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- willing to use any means to achieve his end
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- his constant object was the achievement of pleasure
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- their objective is to seize the oil fields
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- worked years to reach her goals
end
Synonyms and Antonyms of end
- Let's end the meeting in half an hour.
ring down the curtain (on)
begin, commence, inaugurate, open, start
- Her speech ended the ceremony.
have done with, put the kibosh on
- a book so good that you hate to see it end
bite the dust
- a great general, who ended on the field of battle
bite the dust, buy it (or buy the farm), give up the ghost, kick the bucket
Synonym Discussion of end
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- close a debate
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- ended his life
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- the service concluded with a blessing
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- after it is painted, the house will be finished
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- the resolving of this last issue completes the agreement
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- your employment terminates after three months
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