n. 1 extremity, extreme, extent, bound, boundary, tip, limit, terminus That fence marks the southern end of the property At the end of the garden was a large shed. 2 close, termination, conclusion, cessation, expiration, finish, completion, finale, ending, wind-up; denouement or dénouement At the end of the film, the lights came on 3 aim, purpose, intention, intent, objective, object,goal, point, reason, raison d'être, destination, motive, motivation, aspiration To what end does she persist so vehemently? 4 consequence, result, outcome, effect, upshot The end of the affair was that he had to leave town 5 destruction, death, ruin, extermination, annihilation, death, termination, conclusion That would spell the end to all life on earth 6 at a loose end or US and Canadian at loose ends. unsettled, unoccupied, unemployed, uncommitted, undecided, indecisive, ambivalent, vacillating, purposeless, aimless, adrift, drifting, betwixt and between, neither here nor there My wife has gone off to visit her mother and I'm at a loose end 7 on end. a upright, erect, standing He can balance a ruler on end b continuously, uninterruptedly, unceasingly, incessantly, consecutively It rained for days on end 8 the end. a the worst, the last straw, the final blow, Colloq the limit, too much Brian's winning first prize is the absolute end b the best, the greatest That disc by The What is the living end
v. 9 terminate, conclude, bring to an end, stop, halt, cease, wind up or down, settle, put an end to, discontinue, break off, cut off, close, finish, culminate, end up, Brit put paid to; die (out), expire, climax, peter out, vanish We have ended our relationship The book ends with her returning to him. The year ends on December 31st. 10 kill, put to death, annihilate, exterminate, terminate, extinguish; destroy, ruin He ended his life last night with a bullet 11 surpass, outdo, outclass, outshine, outstrip, supersede It is a disaster film to end all disaster films