The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - end n.

1) extremity, extreme, extent, bound, boundary, tip, limit, terminus: That fence marks the southern end of the property. At the end of the garden was a large shed. 2) close, termination, conclusion, cessation, expiration, finish, completion, finale, ending, wind-up; denouement or d‚nouement: At the end of the film, the lights came on. 3) aim, purpose, intention, intent, objective, object,goal, point, reason, raison d'€tre, destination, motive, motivation, aspiration: To what end does she persist so vehemently? 4 consequence, result, outcome, effect, upshot: The end of the affair was that he had to leave town. 5) destruction, death, ruin, extermination, annihilation, death, termination, conclusion: That would spell the end to all life on earth. 6) at a loose end or US and Canadian at loose ends. unsettled, unoccupied, unemployed, uncommitted, undecided, indecisive, ambivalent, vacillating, purposeless, aimless, adrift, drifting, betwixt and between, neither here nor there: My wife has gone off to visit her mother and I'm at a loose end. 7 on end. a upright, erect, standing: He can balance a ruler on end. b continuously, uninterruptedly, unceasingly, incessantly, consecutively: It rained for days on end. 8) the end. a the worst, the last straw, the final blow, Colloq the limit, too much: Brian's winning first prize is the absolute end. b the best, the greatest: That disc by The What is the living end. --v. 9) terminate, conclude, bring to an end, stop, halt, cease, wind up or down, settle, put an end to, discontinue, break off, cut off, close, finish, culminate, end up, Brit put paid to; die (out) , expire, climax, peter out, vanish: We have ended our relationship. The book ends with her returning to him. The year ends on December 31st. 10) kill, put to death, annihilate, exterminate, terminate, extinguish; destroy, ruin: He ended his life last night with a bullet. 1) 1 surpass, outdo, outclass, outshine, outstrip, supersede: It is a disaster film to end all disaster films.