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

Ghost Rider wound up in the Smithsonian’s collection anyway, a monument to grand ambition foiled by user error. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Revenues for the month are 23% ahead of the same point in 2025, which wound up as the lowest-grossing October in three decades, and 8% behind 2019, the last year before COVID upended the box office. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

One of the rarest and most important watches in modern horology has wound up on the auction block. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026

This time, the Yankees wound up losing 4-3 by the very run that was taken off the board and had their season end in a three-game sweep. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

So in 1995 — which wound up being the Wildcats’ watershed Rose Bowl season — Northwestern started to envision a big renovation. — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

Meyer wound up allegedly misappropriating about $570,000, including $100,000 for a personal investment in an exotic-car company and $220,000 sent to his personal bank account. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

The gigs last year also wound up being some of the last the Grateful Dead offshoot band would ever play due to Bob Weir’s death in January. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Carroll wound up living with Newton-John and her mother in their Hampstead mews apartment for two years. — Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2026