RESIDUA Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

residua

noun

plural of residuum

as in remainders

a remaining group or portion even highly decaffeinated coffee contains a tiny residuum of caffeine

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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

The whole house climaxes with a kaleidoscopic pièce de résistance at the top of the dome, where a large skylight rests, revealing an interplay of two sets of the red-orange ribs.

— Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Tiisetso’s view The treasury’s effort to lock in the progress in reining in spending rests on an optimistic premise that letting politicians explain themselves will keep them in line.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of rests

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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