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artifact

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of artifact

1 an object made by humans and surviving from an earlier time period

The site was full of Stone Age artifacts such as flint tools.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of artifact

antiquities, ruins

hangover, remains, remnant, trace, vestige

antique, museum piece, relic

2 a lingering indication of something from the past

The spelling of "trough" is an artifact of the way it was originally pronounced.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of artifact

memento, remembrance, reminder

afterimage, aftertaste

balance, corpse, hangover, leftover, oddment, remainder, remnant, scrap

dreg(s), leavings, remain(s), residual, residue, rest

echo, ghost, relic, shadow, trace, vestige

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