residue | Definition of residue

Synonyms and Antonyms of residue

1 the portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed

the detective noticed an ashy residue in the sink and deduced that a piece of paper had been burned there

Synonyms of residue

ashes, debris, detritus, flotsam, remains, rubble, ruins, wreck, wreckage

Words Related to residue

jetsam, leavings, remnant

chaff, deadwood, dross, dust, garbage, junk, litter, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, trash, waste

2 a remaining group or portion

the residue of our Thanksgiving feast consisted of a denuded turkey carcass and a couple rolls

Synonyms of residue

balance, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, remainder, remains, remnant, residuum, rest

Words Related to residue

fragment, scrap, vestige

butt, oddment, scraping(s), stub, stump

excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

Near Antonyms of residue

body, bulk, main, mass, most, weight