FAG ENDS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

fag ends

noun

plural of fag end

as in remainders

an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value a patchwork quilt sewn together from the fag ends of many bolts of cloth

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Noun

Perhaps even a rag-tag group of remainders can put a scare into San Antonio.

— Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
The best-case scenario would be for the Lakers’ remainders to extend the best-of-seven series with the Rockets long enough for Doncic and Reaves to rejoin LeBron James in that Big Three, either at the end of this series or the start of the next one.

— Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026

Definition of remainders

Noun

There are scraps of industrial, cybergrind, metalcore, and death metal in this stew, as well as a healthy garnish of Godflesh’s machinelike relentlessness, all of it well balanced.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
The patchwork bag is made from the soft leather and suede scraps left over from the creation of Coach bags.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of scraps

Noun

But rather than dispose of the fragments, the congregation gave the remnants of the window a new purpose.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
One of the remnants is estimated to be no larger than the size of the average solar system asteroid, while the other is estimated to be between the size of the moon and the dwarf planet Pluto.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026

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