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trace
Synonyms and Antonyms of trace
1
a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it
2
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel
autobahn, autoroute, autostrada, dual carriageway [chiefly British], interstate, motorway [chiefly British], superhighway
beltway, bypass, parkway, ring road [chiefly British]
high street [British], Main Street
backstreet, branch, bystreet, byway, crossroad, secondary road, shunpike, side road, side street
circle, lane, laneway [British], mews [chiefly British], place
close [chiefly British], cul-de-sac, dead end
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a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps
4
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
5
a very small amount
drop in the bucket
abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, lashings (also lashins) [chiefly British], loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth
bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus
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an almost imperceptible sign of something
Synonym Discussion of trace
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- the killer left no traces
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- boulders that are vestiges of the last ice age
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- the fossilized tracks of dinosaurs
trace
Synonyms and Antonyms of trace
1
to draw or make apparent the outline of
2
to go after or on the track of
run after
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