WRAP UP Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of wrap up

as in to end

to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point a grand parade will wrap up the weeklong celebration

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as in to summarize

to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report) a reporter wrapped up the mayor's speech in a few sentences

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noun

ˈrap-ˌəp

as in summary

a short statement of the main points a postelection wrap-up of the campaign's high points and many low points

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as in ending

the last part of a process or action the opening of the museum's modern art wing marks the wrap-up of its decade-long expansion plan

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Recent Examples of wrap up

Verb

Week 8 wraps up Monday night with the Bears visiting the defending champion Seahawks at Lumen Field. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026 And while most early in-person voting sites wrapped up on Sunday, local clerks could extend early voting into Monday. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Noun

All three plays share Maya’s signature style of blazing-fast dialogue, crackling humor, occasional lines spoken in Spanish and a quick wrap-up in under two hours. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2026 The State Fair reported that attendance figure this week in its annual statistical wrap-up. — Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wrap up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrap up

Verb

Rodney Rice had 15 points and nine assists in his first game since a season-ending shoulder injury last year, and KJ Lewis added 10 points.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Mitchell ended the night with 15 points on 5-of-5 shooting from the field and 4-of-4 shooting on threes and seven assists.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of end

Verb

The premise is too convoluted to summarize here, but the point Murakami was making was one of beauty in abstraction.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
Studies summarized by the site point to possible effects on depression, anxiety and stress, as well as attention and memory.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of summarize

Noun

Later, she was charged with a DUI and ordered to 12 months of summary probation, including a three-month DUI class and must attend weekly meetings with her psychologist and twice-monthly visits with her psychiatrist.

— Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026
An upcoming Siri Recap feature will be able to create summaries of conversations for later reference.

— Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of summary

Noun

This script justifies that lame happy ending with a clever idea about the radiation sickness that results from suffering a blast of the creature’s atomic breath.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Club Kid takes some surprising turns on the way to its delicately shaded ending.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of ending

Verb

As outlined in the European Council Conclusions of December 2019 and reiterated in June 2025, the Türkiye-Libya Memorandum of Understanding infringes upon the sovereign rights of third States and does not comply with the Law of the Sea.

— Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
The subpoenas request any documents and communications related to letters sent in July and October by federal officials to state election officials outlining the allegations about noncitizen voters.

— Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of outline

Noun

That requires testing whether signals have predictive value, examining them together and avoiding automatic conclusions about individual behaviors.

— Artem Lalaiants, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Laster also suggested that the company’s financial advisors had data disputing our conclusions.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of conclusion

Verb

The battle between Bass and Raman ends Tuesday, concluding a bitter nine-month contest between two candidates who were once political allies.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
The researchers concluded that the dinosaur likely lived off a diet consisting largely of fleshy fruits produced by flowering plants, also known as angiosperms.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

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