Finishers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A set of individuals or teams recognized for achieving completion in various endeavors
2. Those who bring a task or competition to a successful conclusion
3. Individuals known for carrying an action through to its end

Etymology: "Finisher" is a straightforward formation: the noun "finish" with the agent suffix "-er," which English has attached to verbs for centuries to name the person or thing doing an action. "Finish" itself arrived in Middle English from Old French "finir," which goes back to Latin "finis," meaning "end" or "boundary." The suffix has a longer ancestry than it first appears. It descends from a Latin pattern, "-arius," that marked someone connected with a task, and it passed through Old English "-ere" and Middle English "-er" before settling into the form used today. The word therefore combines a borrowed Latin root with a native English ending, a mix that is common in everyday English vocabulary. The plural "finishers" simply applies the regular -s ending to this agent noun, so it refers to more than one person or thing that completes a task or contest.

Synonyms: completers, achievers, finalizers, culminators, concluders

Antonyms: starters, beginners, initiators, commencers, incompleters