Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun finishing

2 senses of finishing

Sense 1
coating, finish, finishing -- (a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "the boat had a metallic finish"; "he applied a coat of a clear finish"; "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly")
       => decorativeness -- (an appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive)

Sense 2
finish, finishing -- (the act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause")
       => completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up -- (a concluding action)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb finish

6 senses of finish

Sense 1
complete, finish -- (come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours")
       => end, terminate -- (bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I")

Sense 2
finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish -- (finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again")
       => act, move -- (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel")

Sense 3
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease -- (have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo")

Sense 4
finish -- (provide with a finish; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"; "this shirt is not finished properly")
       => coat, surface -- (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate")

Sense 5
eat up, finish, polish off -- (finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes")
       => eat -- (take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?")

Sense 6
finish -- (cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary")
       => end, terminate -- (bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I")