Finishing Synonyms and Antonyms

To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. zapping
  2. wasting
  3. off
  4. slaying
  5. murdering
  6. liquidating
  7. killing
Come or bring to a finish or an end
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. completing
  2. totalling
  3. ending
  4. wrecking
  5. wracking
  6. undoing
  7. torpedoing
  8. spoiling
  9. smashing
  10. sinking
  11. perfecting
  12. ruining
  13. destroying
  14. demolishing
  15. bankrupting
  16. concluding
Antonyms:
  1. commencing
  2. introducing
  3. initiating
  4. beginning
  5. starting
Consume, use up
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. spending
  2. dispatching
  3. expending
  4. exhausting
  5. consuming
  6. draining
Antonyms:
  1. storing
  2. maintaining
  3. keeping
  4. saving
To develop a surface
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. staining
  2. waxing
  3. polishing
The act of finishing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. finish
Antonyms:
  1. start
A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. coating
  2. finish
To complete a race or competition in a specified position
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. running
  2. placing
To bring to a required or desired state:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. completing

Words Related to Finishing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Finishing Sentence Examples

  • The police arrived as they were finishing supper.

  • I am just finishing the design.

  • They were just finishing dressing when Dean heard a sound, the door closing directly above, in Fred's room.

  • She got up without finishing her meal and escaped into the room where Talia was.

  • He entered Harvard in 1882 but left after three years without finishing his course.

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