DENOUEMENTS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

denouements

noun

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plural of denouement

as in endings

formal the final part of something (such as a book, a play, or a series of events) In the play's denouement, the two lovers kill themselves. the competition's exciting denouement

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Recent Examples of denouements A number of denouements follow in All That’s Left of You, including a jump forward into 2022, when Hanan and Salim, who now live in Canada, go back to Jaffa and find Salim’s old family home, a run-down oasis of the past in a city determined to forget its history. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Our brains hold onto beginnings and endings and lose the middle.

— James Glover, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Most major characters got their happy endings, though the Roy/Keeley/Jamie love triangle was left largely unresolved.

— Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of endings

Noun

The streamer’s Gallic slate also includes Quasimodo and sequels to Under Paris (Sous la Seine) and Ad Vitam.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Even sequels and prequels — say, those in the Star Wars canon — ideally aspire to a degree of self-sufficiency in which the audience can discern the story and, properly bewitched, can proceed to seek out the other movies.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of sequels

Noun

But over the course of numerous sequels and reboots, the franchise largely shifted away from resonant character drama in favor of high-octane action sequences and increasingly monstrous beasts.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 14 Aug. 2026
Key sequences were excised before its original release, with still more cuts made for American moviegoers.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026

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