finis
Story's last word
Finis marks the end of something, particularly a book or performance.
The word is Latin for "end" and appears occasionally in English texts as a formal or literary flourish: And so our story reaches its finis.
It's the source of finish and final, though finis itself sounds deliberately old-fashioned or affected.
Concluding literary section
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- codaClosing musical passage
- postscriptEnd-of-letter addition
- afterwordConcluding remarks in books
colophon · peroration · last chapter · closing lines · endnote · curtain call · last act · envoi
Final destination point
- omegaTwenty-fourth Greek letter
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- closeNearby or to shut
- cessationA full stopping
termination · windup · sign-off · curtain · last word · period · stopping point · cutoff
Formal leave-taking
- valedictionFormal parting statement
- swan songFinal work or performance
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- partingAct of leaving another
exit · last hurrah · send-off · leave-taking · bon voyage · au revoir · ciao · sayonara
Cessation of life
- mortalityState of eventual death
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- fatePredetermined course of events
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
demise · expiration · dissolution · quietus · end of days · last breath · eternal rest · oblivion
Uppermost point or culmination
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- zenithPoint straight overhead
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
acme · peak · crescendo · capstone · crowning moment · high point · consummation · apogee
End or infer
- terminateBring to an end
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
- accomplishComplete successfully
- consummatePerfect beyond compare
fulfill · execute · complete · achieve · realize · wind-up · see through · carry through
epilogue
Concluding literary section
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- codaClosing musical passage
- postscriptEnd-of-letter addition
afterword · colophon · peroration · last chapter · closing lines · endnote · curtain call · last act · envoi
terminus
Final destination point
- omegaTwenty-fourth Greek letter
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- closeNearby or to shut
cessation · termination · windup · sign-off · curtain · last word · period · stopping point · cutoff · endpoint
adieu
Formal leave-taking
- valedictionFormal parting statement
- swan songFinal work or performance
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
parting · exit · last hurrah · send-off · leave-taking · bon voyage · au revoir · ciao · sayonara · signing off
death
Cessation of life
extinction · demise · expiration · dissolution · quietus · end of days · last breath · eternal rest · oblivion
apex
Uppermost point or culmination
summit · acme · peak · crescendo · capstone · crowning moment · high point · consummation · apogee · meridian
conclude
End or infer
- terminateBring to an end
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
- accomplishComplete successfully
consummate · fulfill · execute · complete · achieve · realize · wind-up · see through · carry through · round off
- finish lineRace completion marker
- finish offComplete or consume entirely
- finished offCompleted the last part
- final examConcluding course assessment
- final strawLimit-exceeding final burden
- finish upBring to completion
finish, final, finished, finally, define, refine, unfinished, finishing, infinite