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

Several persons of interest have been detained, but all have wound up released with no charges. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026

In the end, our team wound up a player short, so my sacrifice proved unnecessary. —Gaby Del Valle, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026

From there, the line wound up escalators to baggage claim, then looped up a second set of escalators, finally surfacing at the third-floor ticketing area. —Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026

Many hoped that lepton universality would be violated, but the LHCb collaboration, perhaps to their own surprise, wound up vindicating the Standard Model. —Big Think, 19 Mar. 2026

Just over six minutes later, Sherwood capitalized on some Oilers bad luck, as a rim around the boards by Darnell Nurse wound up past both Adam Henrique and Connor Murphy at the blue line. —Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026

He was born in New York City in 1943, went to college intending to study biochemistry, and wound up doing graduate research at Harvard University at the intersection of chemistry and physics. —Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026

The pick to the Heat wound up being the last of those three slots. —Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026

Schauffele birdied three of his last four holes to finish 11 under, and wound up in a tie for third. —Justin Ray, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026