Synonyms for residue

Synonyms for (noun) residue

Synonyms: balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest, remainder

Definition: something left after other parts have been taken away

Usage: there was no remainder; he threw away the rest; he took what he wanted and I got the balance

Similar words: part, portion, constituent, component, component part

Definition: something determined in relation to something that includes it

Usage: he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself; I read a portion of the manuscript; the smaller component is hard to reach; the animal constituent of plankton


Synonyms: residue

Definition: matter that remains after something has been removed

Similar words: matter

Definition: that which has mass and occupies space

Usage: physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it


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