finale

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fi=na=le

CIDE DICTIONARY

finale, n. [It. See Final.].

 Close; termination  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

finale, n.
1 a the last movement of an instrumental composition. b a piece of music closing an act in an opera.
2 the close of a drama etc.
3 a conclusion.

Etymology

It. (as FINAL)

THESAURUS

finale

Z, act, afterpiece, apodosis, bit, bitter end, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, chaser, climax, close, coda, completion, conclusion, consummation, crack of doom, culmination, curtain, curtain call, curtain raiser, curtains, death, decease, denouement, destination, destiny, divertimento, divertissement, doom, effect, end, end point, end result, ending, envoi, epilogue, eschatology, exode, exodus, expiration, expository scene, fate, final result, final solution, final twitch, final words, finality, finis, finish, goal, hoke act, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, introduction, izzard, last, last act, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, number, omega, payoff, period, peroration, prologue, quietus, resolution, resting place, routine, scene, shtick, sketch, skit, song and dance, stand-up comedy act, stoppage, stopping place, striptease, swan song, term, terminal, termination, terminus, turn, windup

ROGET THESAURUS

finale

End

N end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.

Completion

N completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment, performance, execution, despatch, dispatch, consummation, culmination, finish, conclusion, close, terminus, winding up, finale, denouement, catastrophe, issue, upshot, result, final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing touch, finishing stroke, last finish, coup de grace, crowning of the edifice, coping-stone, keystone, missing link, superstructure, ne plus ultra, work done, fait accompli, elaboration, finality, completeness, completing, final, concluding, conclusive, crowning, exhaustive, done, completed, done for, sped, wrought out, highly wrought, thorough, ripe, completely, to crown all, out of hand, the race is run, actum est, finis coronat opus, consummatum est, c'en est fait, it is all over, the game is played out, the bubble has burst, aussitot dit aussitot fait, aut non tentaris aut perfice.