Synonyms of wound up

wound up

verb

variants also winded up

past tense of wind up

1

as in ended

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

• ended
• finished
• concluded
• wrapped up
• rounded (off or out)
• closed
• rang down the curtain (on)
• put paid to
• closed out
• completed
• terminated
• crowned
• suspended
• climaxed
• consummated
• perfected
• halted
• stopped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opened
• began
• started
• commenced
• inaugurated

2

as in stopped

to come to an end

her speeches usually wind up with one last joke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ended
• stopped
• expired
• concluded
• ceased
• halted
• winked (out)
• finished
• died
• passed
• left off
• closed
• terminated
• broke off
• went
• broke up
• elapsed
• determined
• lapsed
• stalled
• discontinued
• let up
• bit the dust
• quit
• packed (up or in)
• dead-ended
• refrained (from)
• cut out
• laid off (of)
• knocked off
• suspended
• broke down
• wound down
• paused
• gave over
• desisted (from)
• stayed
• conked (out)
• petered (out)
• abated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continued
• hung on
• persisted
• prolonged
• extended
• drew out
• protracted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wound up

The sheriff's office is working to determine exactly what happened before the boy wound up in water. —Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 4 June 2026

In 2004, the par-3 seventh green was so dead on Sunday that players couldn't keep the golf ball on the putting surface and USGA officials wound up watering the green between groups. —ABC News, 3 June 2026

Pam Postela was the first in 1988 and wound up on the cover of Sports Illustrated. —Miami Herald, 2 June 2026

The long ball, though, has disappeared in October, and it's wound up in the team's second-longest World Series drought since winning their first in 1923. —Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026

So the book wound up as a meta-group-portrait along the lines of a Bach suite. —Literary Hub, 1 June 2026

Kevin McClatchy, a Sacramento native and member of the McClatchy publishing company, was part of that ownership group, which wound up buying the Pittsburgh Pirates instead. —Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 May 2026

Evans battled a hamstring issue before breaking his collarbone and wound up missing nine games. —Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026

After the Broncos’ first game of 2025 — just two months before Bryant wound up taking his job — Sherfield sat at his locker and marveled at the young receiver’s fearlessness through camp. —Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 May 2026