Synonyms of elapsed

elapsed

verb

past tense of elapse

as in expired

to come to an end

in those coin-operated binoculars at scenic areas your viewing time seems to elapse almost before it has begun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expired
• ended
• stopped
• ceased
• concluded
• halted
• passed
• finished
• terminated
• lapsed
• died
• determined
• closed
• went
• stalled
• discontinued
• winked (out)
• wound up
• left off
• broke off
• broke up
• quit
• let up
• dead-ended
• paused
• bit the dust
• suspended
• laid off (of)
• packed (up or in)
• refrained (from)
• stayed
• cut out
• knocked off
• broke down
• gave over
• abated
• desisted (from)
• conked (out)
• petered (out)
• wound down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continued
• persisted
• hung on
• prolonged
• extended
• protracted
• drew out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of elapsed

The judge said the charges in Switzerland will have elapsed under the statute of limitations. —ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026

In 2017, both Robson and Safechuck’s lawsuits were thrown out because too much time had elapsed for Jackson’s estate to be held criminally liable. —Amelia McDonell-Parry, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2026

In those four passes, maybe 20 seconds elapsed. —Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026

Twenty-five minutes had elapsed before the hosts managed to even touch the ball inside the Southampton penalty area, never mind threaten Daniel Peretz’s goal. —Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026

Eleven other people submitted forms pursuant to the FTCA, but their six-month waiting period before being able to file suit against the federal government has not elapsed yet. —Max Rego, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2026

In addition to live video, viewers can track the spacecraft using NASA's Artemis Real‑time Orbit Website, which displays Orion’s position relative to Earth and the moon, its distance traveled, and elapsed mission time using live data transmitted from Orion to Mission Control in Houston. —Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026

Then not even two months had elapsed before the United States launched joint airstrikes with Israel on Iran on February 28, which resulted in the assassination of its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and launched the ongoing war in the Middle East. —Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026

After around a trillion years, total, have elapsed since the hot Big Bang, there won’t really be any galaxies left to view other than Milkdromeda, and the star-formation rate may be effectively zero, save for the rare merger of brown dwarfs that then cross the mass threshold to become stars. —Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026