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

Each building will have about 11,000 square feet, with construction on one building set to wrap up in May and the other in June. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 Today's wet dress rehearsal, which involves fully fueling Starship on the launch pad for a full countdown simulation run, is expected to wrap up later this morning. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Noun

As Deadline noted, a similar wrap-up is in talks for XO, Kitty, the spinoff series of the To All The Boys films starring Lara Jean Song-Covey’s (Lana Condor) younger sister Katherine ‘Kitty’ (Anna Cathcart). — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026 These showers should wrap-up around noon. — Scott Withers, CBS News, 17 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for wrap up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrap up

Verb

Over the course of Next Gen NYC’s season, which ended this past week, the model Ava Dash grabs a slice of pizza on Fulton Street; strolls through the Seaport; and calls her father, the hip-hop mogul Damon Dash, from a bench at Pier 17.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2026
Tehran's latest proposal again sought to end the fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of end

Verb

Account managers have seen their preparatory work shrink—AI can assemble meeting notes, summarize calls, draft follow-ups and flag patterns across client communication.

— Victor Karpenko, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
The police department will summarize findings for the council and make a recommendation on what to do next.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of summarize

Noun

One Moments entry showed me a summary of my past week, describing a pretty uneventful time with downright purple prose.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
Bain & Company found that 80% of consumers now rely on AI summaries for at least 40% of their searches, and that organic traffic has fallen 15% to 25% as a result.

— Boris Dzhingarov, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of summary

Noun

In another series, in another era, those developments might have led to teachable moments and inspiring speeches, and the most bittersweet beats of the series are the ones that suggest how a happier ending could have come to pass.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
But that wasn’t the ending that Showalter and his team originally intended.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ending

Verb

Plans should clearly outline the decision-making processes to facilitate the continuation of essential functions, even if digital systems are unavailable.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
But the maneuvers outlined by Picollo would seem a good start.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of outline

Noun

And your job as a writer is to put some order onto those pieces, but not necessarily to draw some giant conclusion about them.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
The league, however, did not publicly identify the standard used to reach that conclusion.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of conclusion

Verb

The fourth concluded with Willis’ second costly lost fumble in two weeks, after Dallas Turner beat Austin Jackson.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' 2022 review of fetal awareness concluded that pain perception requires an integrated network of neural connections.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

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