Word Meanings - ENDING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5. Ending day, day of death. Chaucer. (more info) 1. Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ENDING)

• Last
• Latest
• ending
• final
• concluding
• hindmost
• past
• extreme
• lowe? t
• remotest
• ultimate
• Termination
• Ending
• conclusion
• fulfilment
• achievement
• completion
• accomplishment
• consummation
• limit
• extent
• bound
• end
• finality
• effect
• consequence
• result
• issue
• exit

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ENDING)

• Hobble
• limp
• crawl
• creep
• shamble
• Originate
• arise
• precede
• spring
• commence
• start
• begin

Related words: (words related to ENDING)

• SHAMBLE
  One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level. 2. pl. (more info) a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum
• ENDENIZATION
  The act of naturalizing.
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• BOUNDLESS
  Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay. Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite.
• CONCLUDENCY
  Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. Sir M. Hale.
• CREEP
  to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately
• ENDORSER
  See INDORSER
• ENDOGENY
  Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.
• SPRINGBOARD
  An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
• ENDENIZE
  To endenizen.
• SPRINGE
  A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
• ENDOTHECIUM
  The inner lining of an another cell.
• SPRINGAL
  An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
• ENDOSCOPE
  An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
• LIMITARIAN
  Tending to limit.
• ENDOPLASM
  The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.
• LIMITIVE
  Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.
• STARTLINGLY
  In a startling manner.
• SPRINT
  To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym:
• LIMITABLE
  Capable of being limited.
• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• AMENDFUL
  Much improving.
• HOME-BOUND
  Kept at home.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• ANTEPENULTIMATE
  Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n.
• OFFENDANT
  An offender. Holland.
• OUTBOUND
  Outward bound. Dryden.
• GENDER
  A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex. Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living
• ACCENDIBILITY
  Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.
• INCONSEQUENCE
  The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd.
• STIPEND
  Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.
• FRIENDLINESS
  The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
• SHENDFUL
  Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful. -- Shend"ful*ly, adv. Fabyan.
• SEA LAVENDER
  See MARSH
• DECRESCENDO
  With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff , or indicated by the sign.
• TENDER
  A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like. 3. A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water. (more info) 1. One who tends; one who takes
• ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
  See ASCENDENCY