STUBS Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

stubs 1 of 2

noun

plural of stub

as in remainders

an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value an ashtray full of cigarette stubs ticket stubs

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wholes

stubs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of stub

as in stamps (out)

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Recent Examples of stubs

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How to Handle Sucker Growth Boyd recommends cutting suckers off as close to the base of the trunk or root as possible using clean, sharp hand pruners, making sure not to leave short stubs. — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 12 Sep. 2026 Vivid Seats has stubs for as low as $587, while SeatGeek has them for as low as $617. — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 26 Aug. 2026 Prune them back completely, leaving just the smallest stubs at ground level. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2026 One great joy had been collecting ticket stubs from concerts, games and other events that a person attended. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026 As of Monday night, WCCO has not been able to independently verify the stubs. — Esme Murphy, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 When Jack was born, his thumb and pinkie were normal, but the other three fingers were reduced to stubs. — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2026 These will take longer to heal and are prone to infection—similarly, leftover stubs won't heal properly and can attract pests. — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 2 July 2026 The Archive Room is painted blue and filled with Disney parks memorabilia he’s collected over the years, including his ticket stubs, which are safely stored in a fillable glass lamp. — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stubs

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

Blanding hops in and out of the truck, grabbing buckets of food scraps from porches and restaurants, piling those scraps into bins in the truck bed and driving them to a composting site.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
But his script, co-written with regular collaborator Jack Coulter, is less impressive, welding together story scraps from other, better films to rather turbid, uninvolving effect.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of scraps

Noun

The threat of flooding continues Thursday in both Texas and across the Corn Belt, driven by the remnants of Hurricane Polo.

— Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
Southern California has had a particularly swampy summer, thanks to tropical storm remnants and unusually warm ocean temperatures.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of remnants

Noun

Riley was a direct inspiration on the record, and while the Bay Area composer did work with drones, his influence is more poignant here, in the way Schwendener breaks the melody down into pieces and moves them around.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
Your car could become a grid asset Electric vehicles are one of the most obvious pieces of this puzzle because their batteries can store substantial amounts of electricity while the vehicles are parked for much of the day.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

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