Synonyms and Antonyms of ends
1
the stopping of a process or activity
- the end of hostilities brought general rejoicing
arrests, arrestments, ceases, cessations, checks, closes, closedowns, closures, conclusions, cutoffs, discontinuances, discontinuations, endings, expirations, finishes, halts, lapses, offsets, shutdowns, shutoffs, stays, stops, stoppages, surceases, terminations
2
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
extremities, fag ends, termini (or terminuses)
borders, brims, edges, margins, rims, verges
outsides
bars, barriers, fences, hedges, restraints, stops, walls
3
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
leavings, odds and ends, pickings, refuses, remains, residuals, residues, scrapings, stumps, vestiges
balances, rests
chips, flakes, fragments, pieces, slivers, splinters
ribbons, shreds, tatters
4
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
- in this case the ends definitely do not justify the means
aims, ambitions, aspirations, bournes (also bourns), designs, dreams, goals, ideas, ideals, intents, intentions, marks, meanings, objects, objectives, plans, points, pretensions, purposes, targets, things
5
the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow
- a child's pair of scissors with blunt ends
6
the last part of a process or action
- the war wasn't yet over, but we were definitely at the beginning of the end
cappers, closes, closings, conclusions, consummations, endgames, endings, finales, finises, finishes, grand finales, homestretches, mop-ups, windups, wrap-ups
acmes, apexes (or apices), capstones, climaxes, copestones, coups de grâce (or coups de grace), crescendos (also crescendoes), crowns, culminations, high-water marks, meridians, peaks, pinnacles, summits, tip-tops, tops, zeniths
aftermaths, anticlimaxes, codas, epilogues (also epilogs), postscripts
shanks, tag ends, tail ends
7
the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something
- the ends of his shirt cuffs were badly frayed
borders, borderlines, bounds, boundaries, brims, circumferences, compasses, confines, edges, edgings, frames, fringes, hems, margins, perimeters, peripheries, rims, skirts, skirtings, verges
ambits
brinks, crests, curbs, cusps, lips
ceilings, maxima (or maximums)
demarcations, extents, limitations, measures, meres, restrictions, terminations
borderlands, frontiers, marches, outskirts, pales, selvages
laps
shores
8
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
curtains, deaths, deceases, demises, dissolutions, dooms, exits, expirations, expiries, fates, graves, great divides, passages, passings, quietuses, sleeps
casualties, fatalities
martyrdoms, self-destructions, self-murders, self-slaughters, suicides
annihilations, destructions, endings, exterminations, ruins
assassinations, executions, killings, massacres, slaughters
9
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
- keep up your end of the bargain
allotments, allowances, cuts, parts, pieces, portions, proportions, quotas, shares, slices, takes
