End
End noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.
Usage example: in this case the ends definitely do not justify the means
Point is a synonym for end in intention topic. In some cases you can use "Point" instead a noun "End", when it comes to topics like purpose, extremity, position, objective.
Point
Point noun - The last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow.
Usage example: be careful with the point on that umbrella, or you could hurt someone
End is a synonym for point in purpose topic. You can use "End" instead a noun "Point", if it concerns topics such as extremity, position, objective, goal.
How words are described
| good | good end | good point |
| high | high end | high point |
| low | low end | low point |
| similar | similar end | similar point |
| Other adjectives: original, true, sharp, logical, actual, entire, real, early, possible, final, last, latter, different. | ||
Common collocations
| career | end career | point career |
| show | end show | point show |
| battle | end battle | point battle |
| conversation | end conversation | point conversation |
Both words in one sentence
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Happiness in Slavery: At the end of the final episode, Byakuroku decides that there is no point to freedom since her only purpose in life was to protect her sister who by that point was dead.
Source: Manga / Otome Youkai Zakuro -
Stand Alone Episode: All of the campaigns in the first game start with the discovery of an evacuation point and end with the survivors successfully escaping.
Source: Video Game / Left 4 Dead -
Andrew and Dawn seem to have gotten to this point by the end of the show, though they might have bonded over the shared position of The Smart Guy/The Chick.
Source: Odd Friendship
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Point and End. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/point
End & Point. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/point>.
Point or End. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/point.
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