Synonyms for end
Another word for end is terminal, ending or last. Below are 9 synonyms and 30 related words across 12 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: ender, ends.
1. noun: either extremity of something that has length
- terminal synonyms
2. noun: the point in time at which something ends
- ending synonyms
Antonyms
- middle synonyms
- beginning synonyms
3. noun: the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
4. noun: the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
- goal synonyms
5. noun: a final part or section
Antonyms
- middle synonyms
- beginning synonyms
6. noun: a final state
- death synonyms
- destruction synonyms
7. noun: the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object
8. noun: (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage
9. noun: a boundary marking the extremities of something
10. noun: one of two places from which people are communicating to each other
11. noun: the part you are expected to play
12. noun: the last section of a communication
- close synonyms
- ending synonyms
- closing synonyms
- conclusion synonyms
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- point synonyms
- end point
- finish synonyms
- tip synonyms
- destination synonyms
- pole synonyms
- bitter end
- nerve end
- nerve ending
- magnetic pole
- heel synonyms
- termination synonyms
- terminus synonyms
- extremity
- year-end
- point in time
- period synonyms
- limit synonyms
- dying synonyms
- tail synonyms
- tail end synonyms
- terminal point
- stopping point synonyms
- end game
- passing synonyms
- endgame
- homestretch
- end-all
- design synonyms
- no-goal
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Questions people ask
What is another word for end?
You can say terminal, ending, last, goal or death instead of end. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "either extremity of something that has length".
What is the opposite of end?
The opposite of end is middle or beginning.
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