ender
One who concludes
An ender is something that brings a conclusion or termination—a finishing element.
In casual speech, it often describes the final item in a sequence: That joke was the perfect ender to his set.
The word appears in compounds: a story-ender, a game-ender, a career-ender.
In baseball slang, an inning-ender is a play that retires the third out. (Capitalized Ender is a given name, notably from science fiction.)
One who completes tasks
- closerOne who concludes
- terminatorOne who ends things
- concluderOne who finishes
- completerOne who finishes something
Concluding phase of competition
- checkmateInescapable capture position
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- zugzwangObligatory weakening move situation
- techniqueSkilled way of performing
conversion · simplification · promotion · opposition · triangulation · fortress · drawing · winning
finisher
One who completes tasks
- closerOne who concludes
- terminatorOne who ends things
- concluderOne who finishes
endgame
Concluding phase of competition
- checkmateInescapable capture position
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- zugzwangObligatory weakening move situation
technique · conversion · simplification · promotion · opposition · triangulation · fortress · drawing · winning · losing
loop
Curve closing on itself
gender
Social identity category
fender · lender · render · slender · vendor · defender · offender · pretender · contender · blender
- finishing blowsfinishing blow, final blow, deathblow, finisher, finishing move