What does "finisher" mean?

A person who finishes or completes something.

What is a synonym for "finisher"?

Common synonyms include: capstone, climax, clincher, closer, closer, conclusive argument.

//ˈfɪnɪʃə// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
A person who finishes or completes something.
"The early finishers waited for the other runners to reach the finish line."
2
an animal that wins in a contest of speed wordnet
3
A person who applies a finish to something, such as furniture.
4
a race car that finishes a race wordnet
5
The person who applies the gilding and decoration in bookbinding. dated
"If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher."

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a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process wordnet
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A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface.
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a painter who applies a finishing coat wordnet
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The blow that ends a fight; the knock-out blow.
"A thundering right to the head bent him back over the ropes, and then, just as I was setting myself for the finisher, I felt somebody jerking my pants leg […]"
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a racing driver who finishes a race wordnet
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A finishing move. informal
"Tie Up Fallaway Slam (Finisher)"
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(baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game wordnet
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A player who scores points for their team.
"After suffering a broken leg in a challenge from Stoke's Ryan Shawcross in 2010, the goal allowed Ramsey to put a positive slant on this fixture and show how he is evolving into a composed finisher."
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A substitute player who plays at the end of the game.
"[Eddie] Jones has used his bench as finishers and repeated last year’s ploy that helped overcome France when he brought on Ben Te’o for [George] Ford. [Dylan] Hartley and [Mike] Brown had already gone off, along with [Nathan] Hughes, whose replacement Sam Underhill was making an impact at the breakdown when he was sent to the sin-bin for a no-arms tackle on Barclay."
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A visible trim element.
"Inside, the revised F-Type gets lightweight slimline seats and new chrome and aluminium trim finishers."
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Synonym of inker.