Meanings
comparative more finished · superlative most finished
- Completed; concluded; done.
I won't be finished until just before lunch.
3 more examples
The program was finally finished after three hours.
He wasn't finished cleaning up until nearly noon.
He wasn't quite finished with his assignment.
Synonyms: in the books, over
- figurativelyinformalDone for; doomed; used up.
Six years ago, I inherited a Labour Party that was politically, financially and morally bankrupt. I was told, time and time again, that my party was finished.
2026 June 22, Keir Starmer, resignation speechSynonyms: consumed, depleted, out, done up, effete, exhausted, all, expended
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of finish
He finished the cabinet with two more layers of polyurethane.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCompleted; concluded; done.
adjectiveDone for; doomed; used up.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
adjectiveended or brought to an end
adjective(of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected
adjectivehaving a surface coating or finish applied
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian завършен, обработен
- завършен (zavăršen)processed or perfected
- обработен (obraboten)processed or perfected
Czech dokončený
- dokončenýprocessed or perfected
Danish færdig
- færdigprocessed or perfected
Esperanto fininta
- finintacompleted; concluded; done
Finnish suoritettu, valmis
- suoritettuprocessed or perfected
- valmisprocessed or perfected
French fini, terminé
- finiprocessed or perfected
- terminéprocessed or perfected
German fertig
- fertigprocessed or perfected
Hindi पूरा, समाप्त
- पूरा (pūrā)processed or perfected
- समाप्त (samāpt)processed or perfected
Irish slachtmhar
- slachtmharprocessed or perfected
Japanese 終わった, 完了した
- 終わった (owatta)processed or perfected
- 完了した (kanryō shita)processed or perfected
Latin effectus, finitus
- effectusprocessed or perfected
- finitusprocessed or perfected
- terminatusprocessed or perfected
Norwegian ferdig
- ferdigprocessed or perfected
Polish dopracowany, gotowy
- dopracowanyprocessed or perfected
- gotowycompleted; concluded; done
- skończonycompleted; concluded; done
- ukończonycompleted; concluded; done
Portuguese terminado, finalizado
- terminadoprocessed or perfected
- finalizadoprocessed or perfected
Russian зако́нченный, завершённый
- зако́нченный (zakónčennyj)processed or perfected
- завершённый (zaveršónnyj)processed or perfected
Spanish finido, acabado
- finidocompleted; concluded; done
- acabadocompleted; concluded; done
- fenecidocompleted; concluded; done
- acabadodone for
Swedish färdig
- färdigprocessed or perfected
Urdu پورا, ختم
- پورا (pūrā)processed or perfected
- ختم (xatma)processed or perfected
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Cite this entry
finished. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finished
“finished.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finished. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “finished,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finished.
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