finisher
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈfɪnɪʃər/
- He had worked at his trade as a hat finisher in New York, then lived in Camden while employed in Philadelphia.
- a good finisher
- concrete finisher
- cement finisher
Examples
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The Kickstarter part was mostly just a finisher, rather than initial capital to get the game off the ground.
Blog text (19) -
Old Antoine, the watch-finisher, came next.
Fiction book (1992) -
All right, when I find a finisher, I really make sure to keep them around as long as I can.
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One challenge for the teacher is to provide fast finisher activities for the first group of students that do not require a lot of setting up.
Blog text (21) -
I need a finisher.
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He is a young, athletic, extremely quick guard who is a very good defender and finisher around the basket.
Blog text (16) -
Cement masons are also called concrete finishers.
Blog text (2) -
The decisions to leave my husband and to enter the apprenticeship program for the Painters and Sheetrock Finishers became coinciding events.
Fiction book (1990) -
Glaspey is certified as a National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) Pervious Concrete Craftsman and an ACI Flatwork Finisher.
Academic text (2016) -
The finisher carefully inspected the final product to ensure it met the company's quality standards.
Synonyms
1
6.8
A person who improves something to make it as good as possible
1
4.3
A person who finishes tasks and leaves nothing unfinished
1
9.0
A person who finishes the edges of clothes to make them neat
A person or program that edits work after the main job is done
A person who puts a clear, shiny coat on wood to protect it
A person who applies polish to make surfaces shine
A worker who fits lids or covers onto products
Antonyms
How Shiny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word finisher comes from finish meaning 'to end' or 'complete' and the ending -er meaning 'one who'. So a finisher is a worker who gives the final touch to make a product ready.