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Synonyms for ended

Most common

terminated finished

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Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having (a specified kind or number of) ends.

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Ended, Ends, Closed, Completed, Concluded or Finished?

That ends, or is ended, of which there is no more, whether or not more was intended or needed; that is closed, completed, concluded, or finished which has come to an expected or appropriate end.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • terminated Sami has been terminated from his employment.
  • finished I will wait until you have finished your homework.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
endedrising
terminatedfalling
finishedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
over2, done1
7 letters
extinct2
8 letters
complete2, finished2
10 letters
terminated4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (over2 = 2 syllables).