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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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