remnant

Meaning

Noun

1. The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
2. The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.
3. An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

Adj

Still left; remaining.

Synonyms

remainder

rest

residue

leftover

remains

vestige

relic

leavings

residual

oddment

fragment

odds and ends

survival

remaining

balance

end

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scrap

surplus

leftovers

residuum

scraps

left over

left-over

incompleteness

relict

fraction

stub

trace

crumb

piece of cloth

relique

relics

odd sum

duster

lefttovers

scraping

hold-over

shred

sign

snipping

rag

stump

remaining trace

dreg

surviving

the rest

incomplete set

leave behind

veteran

floorcloth

counterfoil

piece

fag-end

fag end

remanent

reminder

evidence

elimination

Hyphenated as

rem‧nant

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛmnənt/

Etymology

From Middle English, contraction of remenant, from Anglo-Norman remanant, present participle of remaindre, from Latin remaneō.