End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Preexisting is an antonym for end.
Preexisting
Preexisting adjective - Existing previously or before something.
Nearby Word: preexisted
Both words in one sentence
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And the when the Earl is pissed off, the preexisting smile goes so far off the deep end that hiding under the bed begins to seem like a very attractive option. Meep?
Source: Slasher Smile - Preexisting Encounters Prequel: Conversed during some discussions of Ardus' novel; the characters all seem to agree that prequels are boring because no one wants to read a story where they already know how it will end, and Doomed by Canon is a big pitfall.
Source: Video Game / The Logomancer -
Often the head will only take a minute or so to play twice, once at the beginning and once at the end, and the intervening time is improvised, though often based on a preexisting vocabulary of licks and scales.
Source: Harpo Does Something Funny
Cite this Source
Preexisting and End. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/preexisting
End & Preexisting. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/preexisting>.
Preexisting or End. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/preexisting.
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