Finishing

/ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ/

Synonyms for "finishing" (119 found)

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Noun(12 words)

coating beetling blacking buffing burnish burnishingcheckmate moveclay red glazeclosing remarkcoat complete completion

ablation absorption assimilation attritionburning upcapping close closing completing completion completive

Adjective(1 words)

completed status

Strong matches (36)

completory concluding conclusion conclusive consummation consummative consummatory consumption crowning culminating culmination culminative definitive depletion digestion draineating upend ending erosion

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exhaustion expending expenditure final

Noun(11 words)

conclude concluding conclusion consummationdetailing processdress end fattening final finalization finalize

Verb(1 words)

consummating

Related words (59)

finalizing finish fulfillingfull developmentimpoverishment ingestion last maturation maturity perfecting perfection perfective ripenessrounding offrounding outsequel spending squandering terminal terminating

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termination terminative terminustopping offultimateusing upwastage waste wastefulnesswasting awaywearing awaywearing downwindup

Noun(23 words)

finalizing finish flanneling furbishinggerman verfeinernground surfaceknockout lacquering manicuringmore finishedpolishpolish uppolish zeropolishingprocedure completionsleeking surfacesurface finishsurfacing treatment

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tumbling varnish varnishing

Adjective(2 words)

finished artworkpolished finish

Verb(1 words)

polish dyscyplina

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More general

16 entries

action activity appearance closing coatingcoating processcompletion culmination decorativenessmop upoperation processprocess stagesurface propertysurface treatmentwindup

More specific

17 entries

coating completing completion concluding conclusion finalization glossy lacquer lacquered lacquering paint polished polishing stain varnish varnished

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Collocations

11 entries

finishing coatfinishing layerfinishing nailsfinishing processfinishing schoolfinishing stagefinishing touchfinishing touchesindustrial finishingsurface finishingwood finishing

Inflections

3 entries

finished finishes finishings

Derivations

5 entries

finish finishable finished finisher refinish

Sample sentences

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Finishing the job by Tuesday will be a piece of cake.

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The rain prevented us from finishing our game of tennis.

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The end of which there were two little sketches of rhetoric and logic, the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method.

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Finishing the report by tomorrow is next to impossible.

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