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odds and ends

plural noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of odds and ends

1 small useful items

she's always searching among the odds and ends in the drawer for some tool that she needs

Synonyms of odds and ends

etceteras, notion, novelties, sundries

Words Related to odds and ends

baubles, bric-a-brac, gewgaws (also geegaws), knickknacks (also nicknacks), trinkets

gadgets, gimmicks, jiggers

hodgepodge, miscellany, variety

2 a remaining group or portion

almost all of the piece of leather will be needed for upholstering the chair, so just throw away any odds and ends

Synonyms of odds and ends

balance, leavings, leftovers, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest

Words Related to odds and ends

fragment, scrap, vestige

butt, oddment, scraping(s), stub, stump

excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

Near Antonyms of odds and ends

body, bulk, main, mass, most, weight

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