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trace

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of trace

1 a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it

the wolf came and went without leaving a trace on the hard, dry ground

Synonyms of trace

imprint, track, trail

Words Related to trace

footmark, footprint, footstep, hoofprint, path, print, pug, rut, step, tread

artifact, evidence, leavings, relic, remain(s), remainder, reminder, remnant, residual, residue, sign, spoor, telltale, token, vestige

clue, cue, hint, indication, inkling, intimation, lead, suggestion

scent, shadow, whiff

2 a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

an old trace that dates back to the days of the covered wagon

Synonyms of trace

arterial, artery, avenue, boulevard, carriageway [British], drag, drive, expressway, freeway, high road, highway, pass, pike, road, roadway, route, row, street, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike, way

Words Related to trace

causeway

autobahn, autoroute, autostrada, dual carriageway [chiefly British], interstate, motorway [chiefly British], superhighway

beltway, bypass, parkway, ring road [chiefly British]

corniche, switchback

through street

high street [British], Main Street

backstreet, branch, bystreet, byway, crossroad, secondary road, shunpike, side road, side street

alley, alleyway

circle, lane, laneway [British], mews [chiefly British], place

close [chiefly British], cul-de-sac, dead end

corridor

track, trail

3 a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps

stay on the trace, or you'll get lost in these thick woods

Synonyms of trace

footpath, path, pathway, track, trail

Words Related to trace

bridle path

towpath

alley, alleyway, bypath, byroad, bystreet, byway, passageway, walkway

cutoff, shortcut

lane, pass, passage, road, roadway, route, row, run, runway, street, thoroughfare

4 a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished

a ship that appears to have vanished without a trace on the high seas

Synonyms of trace

echo, ghost, relic, shadow, vestige

Words Related to trace

memento, remembrance, reminder

artifact

afterimage, aftertaste

balance, corpse, hangover, leftover, oddment, remainder, remnant, scrap

dreg(s), leavings, remain(s), residual, residue, rest

5 a very small amount

doctors detected only a trace of bacteria in the blood sample but put the patient on antibiotics just in case

Synonyms of trace

ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smack, smell, smidgen (also smidgeon), snap, soupçon, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch

Words Related to trace

hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit

atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap

dash, drop, pinch

part, portion, section

bite, nibble, taste

handful, scattering, smatter, smattering

dose, shot

chip, flake, fragment, shard, shiver, sliver, smithereens, splinter

tatter

clipping, paring, shaving

Phrases Synonymous with trace

drop in the bucket

Near Antonyms of trace

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

volume

bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

chunk, hunk, lump, slab

6 an almost imperceptible sign of something

there didn't seem to be so much as a trace of the truth to anything he said

Synonyms of trace

breath, flicker, glimmer, hint, suggestion, tang, touch, whiff

Words Related to trace

inkling, intimation, scent, wind

evidence, indication, mark, sign

Near Antonyms of trace

permeation, pervasion, saturation

7 the mark or impression made by a foot

followed the traces of the deer into the deep woods

Synonyms of trace

footmark, footprint, footstep, step, vestige

Words Related to trace

hoofprint

pug, spoor, track

tread

Synonym Discussion of trace

trace, vestige, track mean a perceptible sign made by something that has passed. trace may suggest any line, mark, or discernible effect.

- the killer left no traces

vestige applies to a tangible reminder such as a fragment or remnant of what is past and gone.

- boulders that are vestiges of the last ice age

track implies a continuous line that can be followed.

- the fossilized tracks of dinosaurs

trace

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of trace

1 to draw or make apparent the outline of

trace your hand onto this piece of paper

Synonyms of trace

define, delineate, outline, silhouette, sketch

Words Related to trace

line

bound, fringe, margin, skirt

edge, hem, rim, trim

frame

circle, compass, encircle, girdle, girth, loop, ring, round, surround

chart, diagram, draw, map (out)

2 to go after or on the track of

police traced the burglar back to his apartment, where they discovered a ton of stolen loot

Synonyms of trace

bird-dog, chase, course, dog, follow, hound, pursue, run, shadow, tag, tail, track, trail

Words Related to trace

accompany, chaperone (or chaperon), escort

hunt, search (for), seek

eye, observe, watch

Phrases Synonymous with trace

run after

Near Antonyms of trace

head

Antonyms of trace

guide, lead, pilot

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