Meanings
plural finish lines
- hobbiesA line marking the end of a race.
The five exhausted runners crossed the finish line one after the other.
Synonyms: finishing line
- broadlyfigurativelyThe end of a process.
The race to the finish line has started already according to Jürgen Klopp and by those punishing standards Liverpool have faltered badly.
2017 January 21, Andy Hunter, “Gylfi Sigurdsson and Swansea stun Liverpool in five-goal thriller”, in The Guardian1 more example
“In the fight for voting rights, this vote was the starting gun, not the finish line,” said Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader. “We will not let it go. We will not let it die. This voter suppression cannot stand.”
2021 June 22, Nicholas Fandos, “Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Dealing Blow to Biden and Democrats”, in The New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA line marking the end of a race.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna line indicating the location of the finish of a race
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek βαλβίς
- βαλβίς (balbís)line marking end of a race
Bulgarian фи́ниш ли́ния
- фи́ниш ли́ния (fíniš línija)line marking end of a race
Chinese Mandarin 終點線 /终点线, 終點 /终点
- 終點線 /终点线 (zhōngdiǎnxiàn)line marking end of a race
- 終點 /终点 (zhōngdiǎn)line marking end of a race
Danish mål, mållinje
- målline marking end of a race
- mållinjeline marking end of a race
- målstregline marking end of a race
Dutch eindstreep, eindmeet
- eindstreepline marking end of a race
- eindmeetline marking end of a race
Esperanto cellinio
- cellinioline marking end of a race
Finnish maali, maaliviiva
- maaliline marking end of a race
- maaliviivaline marking end of a race
French ligne d'arrivée
- ligne d'arrivéeline marking end of a race
German Ziellinie
- Ziellinieline marking end of a race
Greek γραμμή τερματισμού
- γραμμή τερματισμού (grammí termatismoú)line marking end of a race
Hungarian célvonal
- célvonalline marking end of a race
Icelandic mark
- markline marking end of a race
Italian traguardo, linea d'arrivo
- traguardoline marking end of a race
- linea d'arrivoline marking end of a race
Japanese 決勝線, 決勝点
- 決勝線 (kesshōsen)line marking end of a race
- 決勝点 (kesshōten)line marking end of a race
- ゴール (gōru)line marking end of a race
Korean 결승선, 결승점
- 결승선 (gyeolseungseon)line marking end of a race
- 결승점 (gyeolseungjeom)line marking end of a race
- 골 (gol)line marking end of a race
Polish meta, finisz
- metaline marking end of a race
- finiszline marking end of a race
Portuguese linha de chegada
- linha de chegadaline marking end of a race
Romanian linie de sosire
- linie de sosireline marking end of a race
Russian фи́ниш, фи́нишная черта́
- фи́ниш (fíniš)line marking end of a race
- фи́нишная черта́ (fínišnaja čertá)line marking end of a race
- фи́нишная ли́ния (fínišnaja línija)line marking end of a race
Spanish meta, taina
- metaline marking end of a race
- tainaline marking end of a race
Swedish mållinje
- mållinjeline marking end of a race
Tagalog hanggahang guhit
- hanggahang guhitline marking end of a race
Tamil பிநிஶ்
- பிநிஶ் (piniś)line marking end of a race
Thai เส้นชัย
- เส้นชัย (sên-chai)line marking end of a race
Turkish bitiş çizgisi
- bitiş çizgisiline marking end of a race
Cite this entry
finish line. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finish%20line
“finish line.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finish%20line. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “finish line,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finish%20line.
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