Synonyms for trace
noun
A very small quantity
indication, fragment, dash, dab, sprinkling, tinge, nib, snick, pinch, taste, crumb, trifle, shred, drop, speck, shade, hint, shadow, nuance, iota, scintilla, particle, jot, suggestion, touch, tittle, suspicion, minimum, snippet, smidgen, smell, spot; see also bit 1.
A track
evidence, trail, footprint; see mark 1, proof 1, track 2.
kick over the traces
See trace in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A visible sign or mark of the passage of someone or something:
print, track, trail. See marksA mark or remnant that indicates the former presence of something:
relic, remains, vestige. See leftover, marksA slight amount or indication:
breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, whiff, whisper. (Informal) whisker. See big, show
verb
To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting:
track, trail. See marks, seekTo pursue and locate:
hunt down, nose out, run down, track down. Idiom: run to earth (or ground). See get
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