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residuum

[ri-zij-oo-uhm] / rɪˈzɪdʒ u əm /
NOUN
aftermath
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chain reaction impact outcome
STRONG
consequences end eventuality flak issue payoff remainder residual results upshot waves
WEAK
after-effects causatum
Antonyms
STRONG
cause origin source start
NOUN
consequences
Synonyms
STRONG
corollary emanation importance ramification residual residue sequela weight
WEAK
consecution contrecoup
Antonyms
WEAK
causes
NOUN
remainder
Synonyms
STRONGEST
rest
STRONG
butt carry-over detritus dregs excess fragment garbage hangover heel junk leavings leftover obverse oddment overplus refuse relic remains remnant ruins salvage scrap stump surplus trace vestige waste wreck wreckage
WEAK
bottom of the barrel odds and ends
Antonyms
STRONG
lack lot need possessions want whole
WEAK
base core
NOUN
remnant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bit fragment particle piece remains residue shred vestige
STRONG
balance dregs dross end excess hangover heel leavings lees leftovers part portion remainder residual rest rump scrap strip surplus survival
WEAK
end piece odds and ends orts
Antonyms
STRONGEST
whole
STRONG
base core lack need want
NOUN
residue
Synonyms
STRONGEST
debris silt slag
STRONG
balance dregs dross excess extra garbage heel junk leavings leftovers parings remainder remains remnant residual rest scourings scraps scum sewage shavings surplus trash
WEAK
orts
Antonyms
STRONG
base core lack necessity need want
NOUN
sediment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
debris powder silt trash waste
STRONG
deposit dregs dross gook grounds gunk lees matter precipitate precipitation settling slag solids
Antonyms
STRONGEST
possessions
WEAK
whole

Example Sentences

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The bed looked like the residuum of a lost weekend, yet it also intimated that the bed’s occupant felt herself to be lost, too.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 6, 2015

Not a letter or a manuscript of Cervantes has survived, nothing but a few legal documents, "residuum of his continual poverty."

From Time Magazine Archive

The first machine age, which today is coming to an end, has covered the world with the residuum of its work: houses and cities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stanzas of final peace Lie in the heart's residuum.

From Time Magazine Archive

There always remains in consciousness a residuum of the inconceivable, that is, inconceivable since it is illusion and error.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

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