End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Stretch
Stretch verb - To add to the interest of by including made-up details.
How words are described
| good | good end | good stretch |
| short | short end | short stretch |
| nasty | nasty end | nasty stretch |
| entire | entire end | entire stretch |
| Other adjectives: real, bad, black, final, far, last, latter, realistic, southern. | ||
Common collocations
| way | end way | stretch way |
Both words in one sentence
- God wants the universe to save itself, the end result being All According to Plan - which, considering it's God, is not that big of a stretch.
Source: Have You Seen My God? -
When your founders are Nazis it's no stretch that your organisation end up Nazi-like.
Source: A Nazi by Any Other Name -
Yang: I seem to do quite well for a stretch, and then at the end of a sentence, I say the wrong cranberry.
Source: Non Sequitur Thud
Cite this Source
Stretch and End. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/stretch
End & Stretch. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/stretch>.
Stretch or End. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/stretch.
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