Antonyms for finisher


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fin-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪn ɪʃ


Definition of finisher

Origin :
  • 1779, "that which finishes or gives completion," from finish (v.). Meaning "the end" is from 1790. Finish line attested from 1873.
  • As in argument : noun verbal fight
  • As in polemic : noun argument
  • As in clincher : noun settling event
Example sentences :
  • We kind of liked them from the start, and traveling with them put on the finisher.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • In what form does the wool finally leave the finisher gill boxes?
  • Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley
  • The working force consisted of foreman, finisher, handy man.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • A finisher can always alter the thickness of a gouge with emery paper.
  • Extract from : « Bookbinding, and the Care of Books » by Douglas Cockerell
  • The finisher should not glaire in more than he can tool the same day.
  • Extract from : « Bookbinding, and the Care of Books » by Douglas Cockerell
  • If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher.
  • Extract from : « The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume One » by Abraham Lincoln
  • The Author and Finisher of this work keeps it from first to last in his own hands.
  • Extract from : « The Parables of Our Lord » by William Arnot
  • Well, while there were two starters, there was only one finisher.
  • Extract from : « On a Donkey's Hurricane Deck » by R. Pitcher Woodward
  • If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.
  • Extract from : « The Life Of Abraham Lincoln » by Ward H. Lamon
  • The hat is now returned to the finisher to complete the process.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting » by John Thomson

Synonyms for finisher

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