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remnant
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of REMNANT
1
a remaining group or portion <sailed home with just a remnant of the colony's original population aboard>
Related Words fragment, scrap, vestige; butt, oddment, scraping(s), stub, stump; excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus
2
an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value <gathered together her fabric remnants to see if she had enough of them to sew a doll blanket for her niece>
Related Words leavings, odds and ends, pickings, refuse, remains, residual, residue, scraping(s), stump, vestige; balance, rest; chip, flake, fragment, piece, sliver, splinter; ribbon(s), shred, tatter
Near Antonyms whole
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