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
• wrap-up
• finis
• mop-up
• consummation
• pinnacle
• crescendo
• zenith
• apex
• peak
• coda
• coup de grace
• summit
• capstone
• high-water mark
• top
• meridian
• acme
• aftermath
• tip-top
• anticlimax
• crown
• epilogue
• postscript
• epilog
• tail end
• copestone
• coup de grâce
• tag end
• shank

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wind up

Verb

So when, during one of those absences, Carey and Julie wind up getting it on, Carey thinks little of telling his friend about it afterwards. —Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 May 2025

When Combs’ attorneys took over for the cross-examination, Morgan wound up speaking about some of the dynamics in Combs’ and Ventura’s relationship. —Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2025

Noun

As Brown started his windup, AppleTV+ put a chyron on the screen showing the odds Soto would homer in that at-bat: a 3% chance. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025

Webb also made a subtle tweak to his mechanics, adding movement to his back foot during his windup as opposed to remaining stationary. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025