Synonyms of wind up

wind up 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to end

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

try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• end
• finish
• conclude
• round (off or out)
• ring down the curtain (on)
• wrap up
• complete
• close
• put paid to
• close out
• crown
• terminate
• perfect
• climax
• suspend
• consummate
• stop
• halt

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• begin
• start
• open
• commence
• inaugurate

2

as in to stop

to come to an end

her speeches usually wind up with one last joke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stop
• end
• expire
• cease
• conclude
• halt
• pass
• finish
• leave off
• die
• break off
• terminate
• go
• close
• break up
• wink (out)
• determine
• lapse
• elapse
• bite the dust
• stall
• discontinue
• let up
• quit
• refrain (from)
• pack (up or in)
• lay off (of)
• dead-end
• cut out
• desist (from)
• wind down
• break down
• give over
• knock off
• stay
• suspend
• pause
• conk (out)
• peter (out)
• abate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continue
• hang on
• persist
• draw out
• extend
• prolong
• protract

windup

2 of 2

noun

ˈwīnd-ˌəp 

as in ending

the last part of a process or action

wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ending
• conclusion
• end
• finale
• closing
• culmination
• climax
• capper
• close
• homestretch
• finish
• endgame
• grand finale
• finis
• mop-up
• consummation
• wrap-up
• crescendo
• pinnacle
• zenith
• apex
• peak
• coda
• summit
• capstone
• high-water mark
• top
• meridian
• acme
• aftermath
• tip-top
• anticlimax
• crown
• epilogue
• postscript
• tail end
• copestone
• coup de grâce
• tag end
• shank

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• beginning
• start
• opening
• baseline
• dawn
• introduction
• day one
• prelude
• overture
• nascence
• nascency
• preface
• preamble
• prologue
• foreword

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wind up

Verb

Rodrigo De Paul, whose purchase option after his loan from Atlético Madrid was exercised, is taking one of them, and as long as Allende doesn’t wind up taking the other, the club will have a vacant DP spot to fill this winter and the ability to lure another top talent to the reigning champion. —Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026

Apple was supposed to launch the next generation of its Siri AI assistant last year, but the company wound up delaying that release. —Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2026

Noun

Two and two to Harvey Kuenn, one strike away, Sandy into his windup. —Steve Futterman, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025

Buy a couple of in-line, windup timers. —Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Aug. 2025