Events
Synonyms for end
Synonyms for end: last, terminal and conclusion. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for end
Interchangeable with end, one per sense
Audited under end's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one end carries in that sense.
- lastnoun, in the sense "the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence"
- terminalnoun, in the sense "either extremity of something that has length"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name end as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- conclusionconclusion is a noun in the sense "the last section of a communication"
The first group is filed under end's own senses. The second reaches end from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
The end was exciting.
end in 2 more sentences, same sense
- By the end of the meeting, everyone had agreed on the new schedule.
- She signed the letter and added a small note near the end.
How it behaves: In this sense, end almost always appears with the definite article and is frequently followed by an of phrase, as in the end of the film or by the end of the meeting.
The true synonym
last
Same sentence, swapped: The last was exciting.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for end in the sentence quoted.
- destruction
- remainder
- victory
Opposites, in this sense
beginning, start and opening reverse end as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of end takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- beginning
- start
- opening
either extremity of something that has length
The end of the pier.
The true synonym
terminal
Same sentence, swapped: The terminal of the pier.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for end in the sentence quoted.
- close
- destruction
- bound
Where end turns up in the game
end is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in seven other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 7 puzzles where end is the trap
- beingnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is existence, in the sense "the state or fact of existing", and end is on the board beside it.
- facenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is side, in the sense "a surface forming part of the outside of an object", and end is on the board beside it.
- momentnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is second, in the sense "a particular point in time", with end sitting one tile away.
- runverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is move, in the sense "progress by being changed", and end is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play end
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so end reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because events is the company end keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. end carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.