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Endings - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: ending
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conclusion
Synonyms: catastrophe, cessation, close, closure, completion, consummation, culmination, denouement, dissolution, epilogue, expiration, finale, finish, lapse, outcome, period, resolution, stop, summation, swan song*, termination, upshot, wane, closing, coup de grace, desistance, omega, terminus, windup
Antonyms: beginning, commencement, introduction, opening, start
Main Entry: abolition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: formal act of putting an end to, annulling
Synonyms: abrogation, annulment, cancellation, destruction, dissolution, elimination, end, ending, eradication, extirpation, negation, overthrow, repeal, repudiation, revocation, subversion, suppression, termination, withdrawal, abolishment, annihilation, invalidation, nullification, obliteration, overturning, quashing, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, voiding, wiping out
Antonyms: confirmation, establishment, establishment, institution, promotion, legalization
Main Entry: abrogation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: cancellation
Synonyms: annulment, ending, repudiation, retraction, reversal, withdrawal, discontinuation, invalidation, quashing, rescission, voiding
Main Entry: breakup
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: end of relationship
Synonyms: breakdown, breaking, disintegration, dissolution, divorce, ending, parting, rift, separation, split, termination, crackup*, dispersal, splitsville, splitting, wind-up
Antonyms: reconciliation
Main Entry: closure
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conclusion
Synonyms: cease, cessation, close, end, ending, finish, stop, stoppage, termination, closing, desistance
Antonyms: beginning, introduction, opening, start
Main Entry: conclusion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: end
Synonyms: cease, cessation, close, closure, completion, consequence, culmination, denouement, development, ending, eventuality, finale, finish, issue, outcome, payoff, period, result, stop, termination, upshot, wrap, desistance, end of the line, windup
Antonyms: beginning, commencement, introduction, preface, prelude, start
Main Entry: death
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: end of life
Synonyms: afterlife, bereavement, casualty, cessation, curtains*, darkness, decease, demise, departure, destruction, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, eradication, euthanasia, exit, expiration, extinction, fatality, finish, grave, grim reaper*, heaven, loss, mortality, oblivion, paradise, parting, passing, quietus, release, repose, ruin, silence, sleep, termination, tomb, annihilation, eternal rest, extermination, finis, necrosis, obliteration, passing over, ruination
Antonyms: being, birth, entity, existence, life, living
Main Entry: demise
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fate, usually death
Synonyms: annihilation, collapse, curtains, decease, departure, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, expiration, extinction, failure, fall, final thrill, last out, last roundup, lights out, number's up, passing, quietus, ruin, silence, sleep, termination
Notes: demise is the time when something ends or death; surmise is a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete or little evidence
Antonyms: birth
Main Entry: discontinuance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stop, suspension of activity
Synonyms: adjournment, alternation, cease, cessation, close, desuetude, disruption, ending, finish, intermission, interruption, separation, stopping, termination, closing, desistance, discontinuation, disjunction
Antonyms: continuation, restarting, retry
Main Entry: dissolution
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: death; destruction
Synonyms: adjournment, conclusion, curtains, decay, decease, decomposition, demise, disappearance, dismissal, end, ending, evaporation, extinction, finish, melting, overthrow, passing, quietus, release, resolution, ruin, silence, sleep, solution, suspension, termination, defunction, disbandment, discontinuation, dispersal, liquefaction
Antonyms: beginning, commencement, construction, start
Main Entry: epilogue
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: afterword
Synonyms: conclusion, ending, finale, postscript, sequel, summation, swan song*, coda, concluding speech, follow-up, peroration, postlude
Antonyms: foreword, introduction, preface
Main Entry: fate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: predetermined course
Synonyms: break, chance, circumstance, consequence, cup*, destination, destiny, doom, effect, end, ending, fortune, future, handwriting on the wall, horoscope, issue, karma, kismet, lot, luck, nemesis, outcome, portion, predestination, providence, termination, upshot, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, divine will, inescapableness, stars
Main Entry: finish
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conclusion; completion
Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, acquisition, attainment, cease, cessation, close, culmination, curtain*, curtains*, death, defeat, denouement, end, ending, finale, last, ruin, stop, termination, wrap, acquirement, annihilation, closing, desistance, end of the line, end of the road, finis, last stage, terminus, wind-up, winding-up, wrap-up
Antonyms: beginning, commencement, initiation, introduction, start
Main Entry: last
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: end
Synonyms: close, completion, conclusion, ending, finale, finish, termination, finis, omega
Antonyms: beginning, commencement, introduction, lead, start
Main Entry: perfection
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: achievement, completeness
Synonyms: accomplishment, acme, arete, completion, consummation, crown, ending, evolution, exactness, excellence, finish, fulfillment, ideal, integrity, maturity, merit, paragon, precision, purity, quality, realization, superiority, supremacy, virtue, wholeness, achieving, entireness, excellency, exquisiteness, faultlessness, finishing, idealism, impeccability, perfectness, phoenix, ripeness, sublimity, transcendence
Antonyms: damage, deficiency, flaw, imperfection, worthlessness, incompleteness, uselessness
Main Entry: sequel
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: follow-up
Synonyms: aftermath, alternation, chain, close, conclusion, consequence, continuation, development, effect, end, ending, epilogue, eventuality, finish, issue, order, outcome, payoff, progression, result, row, sequence, series, spin-off*, termination, train, upshot, aftereffect, causatum, closing, consecution, finishing, part two, sequent
Antonyms: original
Main Entry: stop
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: end, halt; impediment
Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, blockade, break, break off, cease, cessation, check, close, conclusion, control, ending, fence, finish, freeze*, hindrance, layoff, letup, lull, pause, plug, roadblock*, standstill, stay, stoppage, termination, wall, blank wall, brick wall, closing, cutoff, desistance, discontinuation, grinding halt, screeching halt
Antonyms: beginning, continuation, go, start
Main Entry: suspension
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: delay
Synonyms: abeyance, adjournment, break, breather*, cessation, coffee break, conclusion, deferment, doldrums, downtime*, end, ending, finish, five*, freeze, halt, intermission, interruption, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, period, postponement, quiescence, remission, respite, stay, stoppage, suspense, ten*, termination, time-out, abeyancy, breathing spell, concluding, cutoff, disbarment, discontinuation, discontinuing, dormancy, heave-ho, latency, quiescency
Antonyms: completion, continuation, finish, persistence
Main Entry: termination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: end
Synonyms: abortion, cease, cessation, close, completion, conclusion, consequence, curtains*, effect, ending, finale, finish, issue, outcome, payoff*, period, result, stop, ballgame, cut-off, desistance, discontinuation, end of the line, expiry, finis, kiss-off, terminus, windup, wrap-up
Antonyms: beginning, initiation, opening, start
Main Entry: upshot
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: end result
Synonyms: aftermath, burden, climax, completion, conclusion, consequence, core, culmination, denouement, development, effect, end, ending, event, eventuality, finale, finish, gist, issue, meaning, meat*, outcome, payoff, pith*, purport, result, sense, sequel, substance, termination, thrust, aftereffect
Antonyms: cause, origin, source
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