/ Thesaurus / W Synonyms of wind up Find synonyms for: Noun1. completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up, termination, ending, conclusionusage: a concluding actionVerb1. finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish, act, moveusage: finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"2. wind up, swingusage: give a preliminary swing to the arm pitching3. arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up, stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stirusage: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"4. wind, wind up, tighten, fastenusage: coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"Adjective1. windup(prenominal), mechanical (vs. nonmechanical)usage: operated by a mechanism; "windup toys"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: pundit Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language