COMMENCERS Antonyms

• (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game

• a racing driver who finishes a race

• a painter who applies a finishing coat

• a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process

• a race car that finishes a race

• an animal that wins in a contest of speed

• an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down

• a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply

• (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit

• blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

• close or secure with or as if with a stopper

• someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)