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finisher

finisher

3 4.8
A worker who does the last step to make things look and work well
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪnɪʃər/
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  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

topper
vsfinisher
1 8.2

A worker who fits lids or covers onto products

focuses on ensuring final quality and touch rather than only adding the top
completer
vsfinisher
1 4.3

A person who finishes tasks and leaves nothing unfinished

focuses on the last step to ensure quality and final touch
perfecter
vsfinisher
1 6.8

A person who improves something to make it as good as possible

is the specific final step worker ensuring quality rather than broad perfection work
postprocessor
vsfinisher
  • Specialized
7.0

A person or program that edits work after the main job is done

targets the final hands-on step to assure quality rather than generic postwork
varnisher
vsfinisher
7.7

A person who puts a clear, shiny coat on wood to protect it

is the general final step ensuring overall quality beyond a single coating task
glosser
vsfinisher
7.3

A person who applies polish to make surfaces shine

covers the wider final quality task, not only making surfaces shiny
edger
vsfinisher
9.0

A person who finishes the edges of clothes to make them neat

is broader, covering the overall final quality work beyond edge finishing

Antonyms

81 1.0

A person who has just started to learn or do something

23 2.1

A person who is new to an activity

How Shiny

glosser
7.3
polisher
5 2.7
varnisher
7.7
finisher
3 4.8

Surface Forms

finisher singular
finishers plural

Morphology

finisher = finish (transparent) = finish + er

Standard agent-noun formation: 'finish' + '-er' = a person who performs the finishing action; meaning matches the definition directly.

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.