What does "finisher" mean?
A person who finishes or completes something.
Finisher
/ˈfɪnɪʃə/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A person who finishes or completes something.
- Grammar: finisher is listed as noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: closer, capstone, climax, clincher.
- Useful contrasts: beginner, crosser, framer.
- Usage evidence: The early finishers waited for the other runners to reach the finish line.
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Definitions
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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- 6 a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process wordnet
- 7 A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface.
- 8 a painter who applies a finishing coat wordnet
- 9 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 […]"
- 10 a racing driver who finishes a race wordnet
- 11 A finishing move. informal
"Tie Up Fallaway Slam (Finisher)"
- 12 (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game wordnet
- 13 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."
- 14 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."
- 15 A visible trim element.
"Inside, the revised F-Type gets lightweight slimline seats and new chrome and aluminium trim finishers."
- 16 Synonym of inker.
Example
"The early finishers waited for the other runners to reach the finish line."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "finisher"?
Common synonyms include: closer, capstone, climax, clincher, coating, completer.
How do you use "finisher" in a sentence?
The early finishers waited for the other runners to reach the finish line.
How do you pronounce "finisher"?
Pronounced /ˈfɪnɪʃə/.
Etymology
From finish + -er.