FINISHES Synonyms: 180 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of finish

as in completes

to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done we should finish the painting of the house by tomorrow

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as in ends

to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point we'll finish the concert before dark

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as in stops

to come to an end the three-day race finished yesterday

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finishes

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noun

plural of finish

as in endings

the last part of a process or action a pie-eating contest is the fair's traditional finish

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as in halts

the stopping of a process or activity an all-out fight right to the finish

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Recent Examples of finishes

Verb

As group play winds down at the World Cup, the biggest intrigue might be not who finishes first in a four-team group. — ABC News, 26 June 2026 Just three homes remain for sale, and after the project finishes, no more new construction space will be available on the invite-only island. — Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026 Lo Cleso finishes after having an earlier goal waved off for offside. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2026 By the time your team finishes reviewing a batch of compliance documents, the market has moved, and those documents are obsolete again. — Sagi Eliyahu, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 The annual variety, also known as firewheel and sundance, finishes its life cycle in one growing season but its seeds germinate easily. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 June 2026 This ensures everything finishes cooking evenly inside the packets. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 The stage finishes on the Plateau de Solaison, where Del Toro sealed the Tour Auvergne Rhône-Alpes last month. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 July 2026 Given that Spain won its final group game yesterday, the European champion will be awaiting whoever finishes second in Group J. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

Noun

Transparent finishes, a key trend this summer, bring a light, airy feel to the designs. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 2 July 2026 Of course, this is not the only recent whiskey release to be subjected to the forces of many different cask finishes. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 July 2026 Concrete or Polished Cement Concrete and polished cement floors come in a wide range of tones and finishes. — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026 Designers are curating dedicated accessory collections or reimagining signature styles in PVC and glossy finishes, from Chloé and Tory Burch to Diesel. — Sanika Achrekar, Glamour, 2 July 2026 The Frenchman has had a fantastic debut professional season, winning Fleche-Wallone, the Tour of the Basque Country, and taking second-place finishes at Strade Bianche and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 July 2026 LondonReuters — King Charles will not live at Buckingham Palace after its 10-year refurbishment finishes next year, royal officials said on Thursday, ending nearly two centuries of the central London landmark serving as the British monarch’s primary residence. — CNN Money, 26 June 2026 Other notable bets include Ben Griffin and Chris Gotterup for Top 5 finishes, Keith Mitchell and Keegan Bradley for Top 10, and Tom Kim and Jordan Spieth for Top 20. — Jeff Hartman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 His father, Bobby, won 14 pro tournaments in the 1960s and ’70s, and his mother, Laura Baugh, was LPGA Rookie of the Year in 1973 and went on to earn 71 top-10 finishes. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026

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Formula 1’s own Oxford Street mega-store completes the picture, consolidating all ten teams’ merchandise within a high-footfall retail environment designed to convert fandom directly into revenue.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Commercial trackers, accessibility concerns Perhaps even more concerning to the public are the projects NDS seemingly completes and never ships.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026

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Find your favorite before the deal ends, and check out more bedding from Bloomhaven below.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
After physical disk production ends, new games will be available exclusively in digital format from the PlayStation Store, an online shop for PlayStation games, and at retailers.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Definition of ends

Verb

The global oil surplus should help commercial stockpiles bounce back, particularly if the rest of the world stops relying so much on the United States as the petroleum producer of last resort.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
If exception paths are undocumented, AI either stops too early or acts with false confidence.

— Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of stops

Noun

Scammers often create sites that appear close to the real thing but include extra words, odd spelling or strange endings.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Concluding the elite races were the amateur groups, which featured dramatic endings on both the men’s and women’s sides.

— Fisher Isbell, AJC.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of endings

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Compiled by the Associated Press That concludes today’s newsletter.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Downtown Sacramento was awash in Dodger blue as thousands of fans poured into the capital city for a three-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the A’s that concludes Wednesday.

— Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of concludes

Verb

Burns previously rejected suggestions that the ethics investigation was politically motivated, noting that Anderson, a Republican, had already lost his primary election and will not return to the council after his term expires.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
The Constitutional Court ruled that Tokayev can run again when his term expires in 2029 because his current tenure does not count under amendments to the constitution that were approved in a nationwide vote in March and came into force this month.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026

Definition of expires

Noun

The lawyer takes the tenets of mindfulness to heart, and Dusse takes both these tenets and his protagonist to absurd – and sometimes shockingly violent – conclusions.

— The Know, Denver Post, 5 July 2026
Over-reliance on AI for immediate conclusions risks individuals missing the crucial process of building foundational knowledge and critical thinking.

— Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026