Meaning

10 senses
  1. A person who finishes or completes something.

    The early finishers waited for the other runners to reach the finish line.

    He became the best finsher for Australia's T20I team.

    a racing driver who finishes a race

  2. A person who applies a finish to something, such as furniture.

    a painter who applies a finishing coat

  3. (dated)The person who applies the gilding and decoration in bookbinding.

  4. A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface.

  5. The blow that ends a fight; the knock-out blow.

  6. (informal)A finishing move.

  7. A player who scores points for their team.

  8. A substitute player who plays at the end of the game.

  9. A visible trim element.

  10. Synonym of inker.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The anti-trans panic is a way for fifth place finishers and bench riders to become superstars.

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Forms

plural: finishers
Singularfinisher
Pluralfinishers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game:closer

Word family

2 related words
Relatedfinish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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