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remnants

noun , plural of remnant

Synonyms and Antonyms of remnants

1 a remaining group or portion

sailed home with just a remnant of the colony's original population aboard

Synonyms of remnants

balances, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, remainders, remains, residues, residua, rests

Words Related to remnants

fragments, scraps, vestiges

butts, oddments, scrapings, stubs, stumps

excesses, fat, overabundances, overages, overflows, overkills, overmuch, oversupplies, superabundances, superfluities, surfeits, surpluses

Near Antonyms of remnants

bodies, bulks, mains, masses, mosts, weights

2 an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value

gathered together her fabric remnants to see if she had enough of them to sew a doll blanket for her niece

Synonyms of remnants

ends, fag ends, leftovers, oddments, remainders, scraps, stubs

Words Related to remnants

leavings, odds and ends, pickings, refuses, remains, residuals, residues, scrapings, stumps, vestiges

balances, rests

chips, flakes, fragments, pieces, slivers, splinters

ribbons, shreds, tatters

Near Antonyms of remnants

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