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finishes

noun , plural of finish

Synonyms and Antonyms of finishes

1 the last part of a process or action

a pie-eating contest is the fair's traditional finish

Synonyms of finishes

cappers, closes, closings, conclusions, consummations, ends, endgames, endings, finales, finises, grand finales, homestretches, mop-ups, windups, wrap-ups

Words Related to finishes

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

Near Antonyms of finishes

forewords, introductions, overtures, preambles, prefaces, preludes, prologues (also prologs)

Antonyms of finishes

baselines, beginnings, dawns, day ones, nascences, nascencies, openings, starts

2 the stopping of a process or activity

an all-out fight right to the finish

Synonyms of finishes

arrests, arrestments, ceases, cessations, checks, closes, closedowns, closures, conclusions, cutoffs, discontinuances, discontinuations, ends, endings, expirations, halts, lapses, offsets, shutdowns, shutoffs, stays, stops, stoppages, surceases, terminations

Words Related to finishes

mop-ups, phaseouts

abeyances, breaks, interruptions, layoffs, letups, moratoriums (or moratoria), pauses, standstills, suspensions

Near Antonyms of finishes

extensions, persistences, prolongations

Antonyms of finishes

continuances, continuations

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