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

Taiwan would wind up on the losing side of a spending race with China over short-range ballistic missiles. — Eugene Gholz, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2026

The Cubs wound up trading for Toronto Blue Jays veteran right-hander Kevin Gausman on Sunday night, hoping for the same type of deadline bounce with far less fanfare. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Noun

The one-inning, 10-pitch affair against the Red Sox also featured strong command and Cole’s new, over-the-head windup. — Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026

Football fans needed time to accommodate themselves to Patrick Mahomes’s sidearm throws, as did the baseball fans who at first recoiled from Hideo Nomo’s tornado windup. — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 25 Dec. 2025