End
End noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.
Usage example: in this case the ends definitely do not justify the means
Wish and end are semantically related. in aspiration topic. In some cases you can use "Wish" instead a noun "End".
Wish
Wish noun - An expression of some desire or inclination.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good end | good wish |
| better | better end | better wish |
| similar | similar end | similar wish |
| normal | normal end | normal wish |
| Other adjectives: original, true, actual, real, wrong, bad, ultimate, permanent, possible, final, apparent, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Around 50 percent of wish missions end in failure, usually due to misidentifying the wisher or misidentifying the wish.
Source: Mistaken Identity - Her first wish, made at the end of the first season, was that all her friends were alive again and that they could all just be normal schoolgirls.
Source: Selfless Wish -
King Roland's first wish doesn't end well and this is all he says about that wish.
Source: Riddle for the Ages
Cite this Source
Wish and End. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/wish
End & Wish. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/wish>.
Wish or End. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/wish.
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