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

Canopy‘s modeling puts the available potential of four residues alone at roughly 245 million dry tons a year, and that is after leaving half of every straw crop on the field for soil health.

— Kari Stoever, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
The shelf with personal items has a buildup of food residues and flour dust.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of residues

Noun

The damage comes only a year after intense October 2025 flooding, driven by the remnants of Pacific cyclones.

— Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026
Scientists can spot remnants of gamma-ray bursts by looking for X-rays and optical light as the gamma rays themselves fade.

— Mary Ogborn, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026

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