vestige

vestige

noun

Definition of VESTIGE

1

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

Related Words memento, remembrance, reminder; artifact; afterimage, aftertaste; balance, corpse, hangover, leftover, oddment, remainder, remnant, scrap; dreg(s), leavings, remain(s), residual, residue, rest

2

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