vestige

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of VESTIGE

a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished <a few strange words carved on a tree were the only vestige of the lost colony of Roanoke>

Synonyms echo, ghost, relic, shadow, trace

the mark or impression made by a foot <the fossilized vestige of a dinosaur that traversed that muddy landscape millions of years ago>

Synonyms footmark, footstep, step, trace, vestige

Related Words hoofprint; pug, spoor, track; tread

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