| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
| Synonyms: | cease, cessation, close, closure, completion, conclusion, ending, finale, finish, stop, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, windup, wrap-up |
| Main Entry: | discontinuance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stop, suspension of activity |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, alternation, cease, cessation, close, closing, desistance, desuetude, discontinuation, disjunction, disruption, ending, finish, intermission, interruption, separation, stopping, termination |
| Antonyms: | continuation, restarting, retry |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | completion, stop |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, bottom line, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desistance, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, execution, expiration, expiry, finale, finis, finish, fulfillment, issue, last word, omega, outcome, payoff, perfection, realization, resolution, result, retirement, sign-off, target, termination, terminus, upshot, windup, wrap-up |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | ending |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion |
| Synonyms: | catastrophe, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, consummation, coup de grace, culmination, denouement, desistance, dissolution, epilogue, expiration, finale, finish, lapse, omega, outcome, period, resolution, stop, summation, swan song, termination, terminus, upshot, wane, windup |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, introduction, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | expiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finish, demise |
| Synonyms: | cessation, close, closing, conclusion, death, decease, departure, dying, elapsing, end, expiry, going, passing, termination, terminus |
| Antonyms: | beginning, birth, commencement, inception, start |
| Main Entry: | finish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion; completion |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, acquirement, acquisition, annihilation, attainment, cease, cessation, close, closing, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, defeat, denouement, desistance, end, end of the line, end of the road, ending, finale, finis, last, last stage, ruin, stop, termination, terminus, wind-up, winding-up, wrap, wrap-up |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, initiation, introduction, start |
| Main Entry: | period |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending |
| Synonyms: | cessation, close, closing, closure, conclusion, discontinuance, end, limit, stop, termination |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
| Main Entry: | sequel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | follow-up |
| Synonyms: | aftereffect, aftermath, alternation, causatum, chain, close, closing, conclusion, consecution, consequence, continuation, development, effect, end, ending, epilogue, eventuality, finish, finishing, issue, order, outcome, part two, payoff, progression, result, row, sequence, sequent, series, spin-off, termination, train, upshot |
| Antonyms: | original |
| Main Entry: | stop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end, halt; impediment |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, blank wall, block, blockade, break, break off, brick wall, cease, cessation, check, close, closing, conclusion, control, cutoff, desistance, discontinuation, ending, fence, finish, freeze*, grinding halt, hindrance, layoff, letup, lull, pause, plug, roadblock, screeching halt, standstill, stay, stoppage, termination, wall |
| Antonyms: | beginning, continuation, go, start |