Remnant

/ˈɹɛmnənt/

Synonyms for "remnant" (136 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Noun(14 words)

remainder residue afterglows artifact castoff cicatrice cicatrices cinder crumbs ember embers end evidence exuviae

afterglow afterimage balance bit buttbutt endcandle endschaff debris detritus end

Adjective(2 words)

bygonediscarded item

Verb(1 words)

crumple

Strong matches (40)

fag endfilings fossil fragment heel holdover husk husks leavings leftover leftovers morselodds and endsoffscourings orts paring parings part piece rag

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rags refuse relic

Adjective(3 words)

faint traceliving remainderphysical traced

Noun(12 words)

fragmentgeology education termghost ghosts holdovers lave leftover lingering lingerings oddment offcut patch

Verb(1 words)

leave a trace

Determiner(1 words)

most physical trace

Related words (68)

relics remainder remains residual residue residuum rest roach rubbish ruin ruins rump sawdust scouring scourings scrap scraps shadow shaving shavings

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shred snip straw stub stubble stump survival sweepings trace vestige waste

Noun(33 words)

remaindersremaining intactremnant groupremnant of civilizationresidues rudiment rumps shards sign snipping specters spoor spoors stub stubby stubs survivors throwbacks tracetrace a pattern

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trace oftrace with fingertrace with penciltraces trails vestige vestigeswall fragmentwaster wasters wharf wraith wraiths

Adjective(2 words)

small remnant populationtextile fragment

Verb(2 words)

trace a shapetrace the outline

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More general

14 entries

balance evidence group part piecepiece of clothpiece of materialpopulation remainder residual residue residuum rest trace

More specific

5 entries

fossil fragmentminoritypainted shardpottery shardwall fragment

Collocations

6 entries

cultural remnantfossil remnantpottery remnantremnant of civilizationremnant populationwall remnant

Inflections

1 entries

remnants

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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The pursued remnant of soldiers decided it was high time for a show-down one way or another.

Source: tatoeba (278291)

A remnant of the old army is supporting and perhaps leading the current chaos.

Source: tatoeba (6116611)

Mars lost its global magnetic field billions of years ago and now just has remnant “fossil” magnetic fields embedded in certain regions of its surface.

Source: tatoeba (6551469)

Here with seven ships, the remnant of his band, / AEneas enters. Glad at length to greet / the welcome earth, the Trojans leap to land, / and lay their weary limbs still dripping on the sand.

Source: tatoeba (6784872)

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