Another word for remainder | Synonyms for remainder

Another word for remainder

remainder Synonyms

remainder

n.

remaining portion, balance, remnant, residue, residuum, leftovers, rest, remains, relic, vestige, dregs, surplus, leavings, excess, overplus, overage, scrap, fragment, small piece, carryover, residual portion, whatever is left, salvage, remaindered portion; see also excess 4.

remainder is the general word applied to what is left when a part is taken away the remainder of a meal, the remainder of one's life; residue and residuum apply to what remains at the end of a process, as after the evaporation or combustion of matter or after the settlement of claims, bequests, etc. in a testator's estate; remnant is applied to a fragment, trace, or any small part left after the greater part has been removed remnants of cloth from the ends of bolts; balance may be used in place of remainder, but in strict use it implies the amount remaining on the credit or debit side

Search Thesaurus

WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"remainder." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 December 2018. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/remainder>.

APA Style

remainder. (n.d.). Retrieved December 05th, 2018, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/remainder

Another word for remainder

noun

What remains after a part has been used or subtracted:

balance, leavings, leftover, remains, remnant, residue, rest². See leftover

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"remainder." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 05 December 2018. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/remainder>.

APA Style

remainder. (n.d.). Retrieved December 05th, 2018, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/remainder

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

The remainder of the trip passed in silence.
In 1727 he bought Betchworth Castle, near Dorking, where he passed the remainder of his life.
Western Australia has practically only two seasons, the winter or wet season, which commences in April and ends in October, and Western the summer or dry season, which comprises the remainder of the year.
The legislature, composed of the members from the western counties who had been elected on the 23rd of May and some of the holdover senators who had been elected in 1859, met at Wheeling on the 1st of July, filled the remainder of the state offices, organized a state government and elected two United States senators who were recognized at Washington.
The remainder of the population is chiefly made up of English-speaking people horn the other provinces of the Dominion, from the United States, from England and Scotland and the north of Ireland.

Also Mentioned In

Words near remainder in the dictionary