Synonyms of ends

ends 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of end

1

as in concludes

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

let's end the meeting with a short prayer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concludes
• finishes
• closes
• completes
• terminates
• winds up
• rounds (off or out)
• wraps up
• climaxes
• rings down the curtain (on)
• puts paid to
• closes out
• crowns
• consummates
• suspends
• perfects
• stops
• halts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• begins
• starts
• opens
• commences
• inaugurates

2

as in stops

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end

unfortunately, an argument ended their date, and they're still not speaking to each other

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stops
• ceases
• halts
• quits
• concludes
• finishes
• suspends
• discontinues
• drops
• breaks
• delays
• breaks off
• packs (up or in)
• leaves off
• shuts off
• lays off
• cuts off
• has done with
• desists (from)
• completes
• gives over
• cuts out
• knocks off
• breaks up
• cans
• blocks
• stems
• stays
• closes (down)
• checks
• puts the kibosh on
• holds
• pauses
• ruins
• impedes
• hinders
• deactivates
• aborts
• obstructs
• destroys
• turns back
• dissolves
• holds back
• suppresses
• calls
• stamps
• brakes
• reins (in)
• abolishes
• blockades
• scuttles
• arrests
• kills
• detains
• squashes
• clamps down
• snuffs
• squelches
• demolishes
• stanches
• annuls
• dams
• stunts
• kiboshes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continues
• progresses
• proceeds
• carries on
• runs on
• advances
• keeps up
• follows through (with)
• drives
• stirs
• impels
• propels
• actuates

3

as in expires

to come to an end

a book so good that you hate to see it end

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

4

as in dies

to stop living

a great general, who ended on the field of battle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dies
• falls
• expires
• perishes
• departs
• succumbs
• goes
• disappears
• exits
• parts
• passes (on)
• fades
• passes away
• steps out
• buys it
• kicks off
• checks out
• croaks
• drops
• snuffs it
• kicks in
• pegs out
• pops off
• demises
• fails
• flatlines
• deceases
• kicks the bucket
• gives up the ghost
• bites the dust
• conks (out)
• predeceases
• consumes
• dries up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lives
• comes to
• breathes
• lingers
• exists
• is
• revives
• thrives
• flourishes
• subsists
• prospers

ends

2 of 2

noun

plural of end

1

as in endings

the stopping of a process or activity

the end of hostilities brought general rejoicing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endings
• halts
• cessations
• closes
• conclusions
• ceases
• stops
• finishes
• closures
• stays
• terminations
• shutdowns
• offsets
• cutoffs
• stoppages
• arrests
• discontinuances
• expirations
• closedowns
• discontinuations
• shutoffs
• lapses
• pauses
• arrestments
• surceases
• checks
• suspensions
• interruptions
• phaseouts
• mop-ups
• standstills
• breaks
• moratoriums
• layoffs
• abeyances
• letups

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuations
• continuances
• extensions
• prolongations
• persistences

2

as in limits

a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go

I'm at the end of my patience with these little brats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• limits
• limitations
• confines
• lines
• boundaries
• caps
• terminations
• bounds
• ceilings
• edges
• extents
• barriers
• extremities
• borders
• termini
• margins
• fences
• walls
• stops
• fag ends
• rims
• verges
• brims
• restraints
• hedges
• outsides
• bars

3

as in remainders

an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value

a couple of ends of wallpaper were all that was left after we finished papering the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• remainders
• scraps
• remnants
• rests
• stubs
• leftovers
• pieces
• fag ends
• refuses
• remains
• pickings
• residues
• fragments
• leavings
• stumps
• scrapings
• odds and ends
• ribbons
• slivers
• residuals
• balances
• chips
• vestiges
• oddments
• flakes
• splinters
• shreds
• tatters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wholes

4

as in purposes

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish

in this case the ends definitely do not justify the means

Synonyms & Similar Words

• purposes
• goals
• aims
• plans
• objectives
• intentions
• intents
• ambitions
• objects
• ideas
• dreams
• things
• aspirations
• points
• targets
• marks
• ideals
• pretensions
• meanings
• designs
• hopes
• bournes
• projects
• wishes
• desires
• minds
• schemes
• plots
• holy grails
• destinations
• termini
• grails
• nirvanas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• means
• methods
• ways

5

as in tips

the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow

a child's pair of scissors with blunt ends

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tips
• cusps
• apexes
• points
• noses
• pike
• stickers
• nibs
• prongs
• tines
• barbs
• snags
• spikes
• pinpoints
• prickles
• jags

6

as in closes

the last part of a process or action

the war wasn't yet over, but we were definitely at the beginning of the end

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endings
• closes
• conclusions
• finales
• culminations
• finishes
• closings
• climaxes
• consummations
• windups
• finises
• grand finales
• endgames
• cappers
• pinnacles
• tops
• mop-ups
• wrap-ups
• homestretches
• crescendos
• zeniths
• summits
• apexes
• acmes
• peaks
• high-water marks
• copestones
• meridians
• epilogues
• capstones
• aftermaths
• codas
• crowns
• tip-tops
• anticlimaxes
• postscripts
• coups de grâce
• tail ends
• tag ends
• shanks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• starts
• beginnings
• openings
• dawns
• baselines
• day ones
• introductions
• nascencies
• prefaces
• overtures
• nascences
• preludes
• preambles
• prologues
• forewords

7

as in edges

the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something

the ends of his shirt cuffs were badly frayed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• edges
• perimeters
• edgings
• confines
• borders
• circumferences
• boundaries
• verges
• margins
• fringes
• skirts
• brims
• rims
• peripheries
• outskirts
• hems
• frames
• bounds
• borderlines
• lips
• skirtings
• cusps
• compasses
• crests
• curbs
• shores
• limitations
• demarcations
• restrictions
• marches
• maxima
• ceilings
• extents
• brinks
• terminations
• frontiers
• ambits
• borderlands
• laps
• pales
• selvages
• measures
• meres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• centers
• hearts
• cores
• insides
• middles
• interiors
• inners
• withins

8

as in fates

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

Henry Hudson and eight others were set adrift in the bay in a small boat, and how they met their end is unknown

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fates
• deaths
• demises
• dooms
• passings
• exits
• sleeps
• curtains
• graves
• expirations
• dissolutions
• deceases
• endings
• passages
• quietuses
• expiries
• great divides
• suicides
• assassinations
• ruins
• fatalities
• casualties
• destructions
• martyrdoms
• executions
• annihilations
• exterminations
• slaughters
• killings
• massacres
• self-destructions
• self-slaughters
• self-murders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• births
• lives
• existences
• rises
• creations
• nativities
• originations
• geneses

9

as in portions

something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group

keep up your end of the bargain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• portions
• shares
• parts
• proportions
• quotas
• percentages
• takes
• allowances
• allotments
• cuts
• pieces
• slices
• pieces of the action
• segments
• sections
• members
• rations
• commissions
• lots
• partitions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• compounds
• totals
• sums
• aggregates
• pools
• composites
• totalities
• wholes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ends

Verb

Amid Pride Park’s sea of black seats, there’s no real sense of where one stand ends and the next starts. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

The Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries, or ABIOVE, said the Supreme Court ruling ends years of legal uncertainty and validates voluntary sustainability commitments adopted by traders. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

Understanding where personal wealth ends and business begins is what transforms a tax advantage into a long-term strategy. — Alia Noor, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

The news comes a week after Assembly Republicans also changed their leader as the Legislature is set to ends its work for the year this month. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026

In that film, Newman had played Fast Eddie Felson, a pool hustler whose career ends before it really gets started. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026

Life begins as a fanfare — a regal entry heralded by brass — and ends as a solo cello lament and the serene acceptance of death as sung by a choir. — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

If communication is lost, the dive ends until the problem can be corrected. — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Williamson’s victory ends his time on the bench after four terms. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

Noun

The third-year defensive ends/outside linebackers coach brought in several transfer additions as the Yellow Jackets look to attack the quarterback more following a 26-sack output in 2025, which ranked 10th-best in the ACC. — Fisher Isbell, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Since the older, more fragile ends have been cut away, what's left tends to look and feel thicker and stronger. — Marci Robin, Allure, 11 Aug. 2026

Over the past several years, the platform has become the island’s principal vehicle for presenting an authoritative Taiwanese perspective on history and current events – subjects Beijing is increasingly seeking to shape to its own ends. — Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

This style is created by shaping the ends into a curved shape that helps frame the face. — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 9 Aug. 2026

Their cute, elderly golden retriever, Cassie, is used for such baldly emotionally manipulative ends. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

In the last 16 inductions classes, there have been 12 defensive ends elected. — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

This is an entirely true story, because Halle Berry is, in fact, a 9-year-old rescue cat, and because the lone billion-dollar franchise in the WNBA, an expansion club that tipped off in 2025, understands the means to its ends. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

But if shippers and insurers perceive that Egypt’s Mediterranean facilities are not only within Iranian range but also capable of being hit, that raises the prospect of the Red Sea being restricted at both ends. — Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing ends

• make ends meet
• odds and ends