remainder
noun (PART LEFT) /rɪˈmeɪn.dər/
/-dɚ/ Definition
the remainder [S] › the part of something that is left after the other parts have gone, been used, or been taken away: I ate most of it and gave the remainder to the dog. It rained the first day but the remainder of the trip was lovely.Things remaining
(Definition of remainder noun (PART LEFT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Also, extra, and in addition
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- Big and quite big
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- Enormous
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- General words for size and amount
- Increasing and intensifying
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- Unavailable and inaccessible
- Unlimited
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Synonyms and related words:
- (and) all the rest idiom
- balance noun (MONEY)
- bastion noun
- deposit noun (LAYER)
- dregs noun
- for the rest idiom
- ground noun (COFFEE)
- leftover noun
- remains noun
- remnant noun
- residual adjective
- residue noun
- rest noun (OTHER PART)
- ruin noun
- rump noun
- scrapings noun
- sediment noun
- time capsule noun
- vestige noun
- wreckage noun
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