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

Economists say events such as the Olympics may leave a larger economic footprint when host cities build transportation systems, venues or other infrastructure that residents continue using after the event ends. — Kenny Choi, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Tight ends coach Mitch Kirsch expects the group to create matchup problems. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026

The season ends after the Oscars on March 14, 2027, at which point the winner(s) will be crowned. — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026

In every interview, responders described legal coercion that followed them well beyond the clinical relationship — from confusion about how an order ends to collateral harm to employment, housing, custody proceedings, and immigration status. — Sakeena Trice, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

There’s always this notion that exes don’t get along, especially when the relationship ends on a bad note. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Aug. 2026

Defensively, West Orange lost seven of its top 10 tacklers, but one of the area’s leading rush ends is back in junior Matheus Kaminski-Cordeiro. — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Perhaps a more cheerful outlet for such fears is to become more frequent farmers market shoppers before the season ends. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

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

Noun

The questions that remain The case has invited big questions about where a person’s right to privacy ends and the government’s right to warrantless search begins. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026

That impulse takes her to North Macedonia, a country that seems to the Belgian teen to be stuck in time, if not at the ends of the Earth. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026

Successfully navigating this season requires executive emotional intelligence, curious listening, and adaptive constructive feedback strategies that provide clarity at both ends of the spectrum. — Luciana Paulise, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Trim both ends of your zucchini (there’s no need to peel it). — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2026

The best shampoos cleanse your scalp and hair from roots to ends, freeing it from buildup and gunk without stripping the scalp of natural and vital oils. — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 16 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

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

Phrases Containing ends

• make ends meet
• odds and ends