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

1 sense of photo finish

Sense 1
photo finish -- (in general, any very close finish; in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishing)
       => finish -- (designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish")