End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Fix
Fix verb - To come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of.
Usage example: make sure to fix the number of guests with the bride's family before drawing up a list of people from the groom's side
How words are described
| good | good end | good fix |
| better | better end | better fix |
| short | short end | short fix |
| real | real end | real fix |
| Other adjectives: bad, quick, permanent, possible, bloody, official, higher. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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At the comic's end, he did end up getting some comeuppance by getting killed off trying to fix the consequences of his actions.
Source: Webcomic / Ctrl+Alt+Del - There are already several fics out there that "fix" the ending of Portal 2 in which Wheatley is either not sent out into space, or brought back to Earth some time after the game's end.
Source: Fix Fic -
Many times the titular character and Nobita time-travel to fix an event in the past, only to end up being responsible for whatever they are trying to fix in the first place.
Source: Anime / Doraemon
Cite this Source
Fix and End. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/fix
End & Fix. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/fix>.
Fix or End. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/fix.
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