What is another word for relic?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈɛlɪk], [ ɹˈɛlɪk], [ ɹ_ˈɛ_l_ɪ_k]
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Similar words for relic:
- ancient (adjective)
- old (adjective)
- olden (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- antique (noun)
- body (noun)
- corpse (noun)
- fossil (noun)
- holdover (noun)
- keepsake (noun)
- memorial (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- remainder (noun)
- remembrance (noun)
- token (noun)
- wreck (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Relic:
adj.
• ancient (adjective)- obsolete,
- remote,
- outmoded,
- early,
- bygone,
- primordial,
- archaic,
- older,
- old-fashioned,
- elderly,
- primal,
- moth-eaten,
- venerable,
- rusty.
n.
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•
- antediluvian,
- monument,
- curiosity,
- ageing,
- aged,
- heirloom,
- age-old,
- antiquated,
- trophy,
- aging,
- evidence,
- ancestor,
- testimonial,
- remains.
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- residue,
- pointer,
- the color of someone's money,
- proof,
- remnants,
- sign,
- suggestion,
- ruins,
- smoking gun,
- mark,
- illustration,
- demonstration.
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- aureole,
- frankincense,
- incense,
- halo,
- burnt offering,
- Iconography,
- idol,
- joss stick,
- mandala.
- body.
- paleolith,
- petrifaction,
- skeleton,
- neolith,
- deposit,
- specimen,
- impression,
- reconstruction,
- fossils,
- eolith.
- monolith,
- slab,
- plaque,
- headstone,
- column,
- shaft,
- ceremony,
- pillar,
- tombstone,
- inscription,
- record,
- mausoleum,
- tablet,
- statue.
- steles,
- nib,
- Re-presentation,
- shipwrecks,
- hangover,
- fossil,
- souvenir,
- thing,
- Indicia,
- artifact,
- oddment,
- Cairns,
- stiffs,
- pile up,
- residuum,
- physical object,
- memento,
- shipwreck,
- remainder,
- overplus,
- obelisk,
- Corpus Delicti,
- deceaseds,
- antiquity,
- antique,
- significants,
- remembrancers,
- survival,
- cairn,
- wreck,
- carry over,
- pile-up,
- ancient artifact,
- bottom of barrel,
- residua,
- vestige,
- NIBS,
- object,
- earnests,
- head stone,
- keepsake,
- shadow,
- carryovers,
- carryover,
- carry-over,
- junker,
- stele,
- footmark,
- footmarks,
- memorial,
- ruin,
- junkers,
- rear-ender,
- rear ender,
- bygones,
- token,
- fender bender,
- monuments,
- Remembrancer,
- reminder,
- remembrance,
- trace,
- throwback,
- Artifacts.
- ex-cess,
- carry-overs,
- ex-cesses,
- ex cess,
- odds ends,
- carry overs,
- re fuse,
- overpluses,
- bottom barrel,
- re-fuse,
- re fuses.
Other synonyms:
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- god.
- odds and ends,
- shred,
- stick-in-the-mud,
- relict,
- list,
- memorials,
- square,
- dad,
- item,
- tabernacle,
- Ostensorium,
- curio,
- scent,
- something old,
- CROS,
- pax,
- commemorative,
- old man,
- seniority,
- dinosaur,
- annals,
- roll,
- ghost,
- footstep,
- piste,
- special,
- petroglyph,
- bit,
- veronica,
- old believer,
- registry,
- matriarch,
- has-been,
- old woman,
- mikvah,
- commemoration,
- menorah,
- methuselah,
- register,
- votive candle,
- holy water,
- fuddy-duddy,
- petrification,
- correspondence,
- outdated,
- track mark,
- footprint,
- bambino,
- mossback,
- ash,
- Holy cross,
- patriarch,
- Memento Mori,
- Memories,
- stubble,
- Phylacteries,
- mezuzah,
- scroll,
- ark,
- rest,
- asperger,
- elder,
- scrap,
- scar,
- documentation,
- vigil light,
- sherd,
- end,
- memorable,
- mnemonic,
- candle ends,
- ancient artefact,
- pug,
- monstrance,
- shofar,
- recording,
- beads,
- memorabilia,
- pyx,
- useless,
- prayer shawl,
- sacring bell,
- catalog,
- archaism,
- Lich,
- sacramental,
- starets,
- celebratory,
- archaeologist's find,
- eldership,
- congratulatory,
- cave painting,
- longhair,
- granny,
- Educt,
- thurible,
- Ciborium,
- rood,
- veteran,
- urceole,
- triumphant,
- Microlith,
- Aspergillum,
- icon,
- fogy,
- stump,
- prayer wheel,
- has-beens,
- cross,
- wake,
- trail,
- Osculatory,
- pop,
- refuse,
- megatherium,
- matzo,
- olden,
- bead,
- result,
- cicatrix,
- dregs,
- account,
- alluvium,
- favour,
- rolls,
- fogey,
- POPS,
- host,
- Reliquiae,
- primogeniture,
- sukkah,
- fragment,
- Heeltap,
- Leavings,
- sundries,
- dodo,
- festive,
- monumental,
- old fogey,
- conservative,
- chronicle,
- Fud,
- cruet,
- roster,
- letters,
- history,
- crucifix,
- Asperges,
- chaplet,
- Orts,
- relics,
- Incensory,
- dirt,
- petrified wood,
- reactionary,
- regular old fogy,
- Remanent,
- archaeological find,
- past,
- leaving,
- censer,
- traditionalist,
- piece,
- petrified forest,
- shard,
- old liner,
- candle,
- rota,
- track,
- Beadroll,
- rosary,
- antique object,
- ancient manuscript,
- old-timer,
- paschal candle,
- tallith,
- remain,
- Dedicatory,
- inventory,
- table.
How to use "Relic" in context?
When a person dies, they leave behind a legacy. This can be anything from a tangible item to a memory. It can be something as small as a favorite pillow to something as large as a charitable donation. The important thing is that the legacy lives on after the person has gone.
A relic is something that has been left behind by someone. It can be something as small as a penknife that belonged to a grandfather or something as large as a building that was once used as a convent. Relics hold a lot of personal significance for the people who own them.
Paraphrases for Relic:
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
Artifacts.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Adjective
archaeological.
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Noun, singular or mass
monument.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
archeological.
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Proper noun, singular
Antiquities.
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Adjective
Homophones for Relic:
- relace, royal house, rayless, relays, realise, rails, rayleigh, rheology, rilke, rowlock, religious, ray-like, relish, relax, rheologic, release, rollick, ralegh, raleigh, realize.
Hypernym for Relic:
n.
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artifact
remains, archeological remains.
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artifact
Hyponym for Relic:
n.
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artifact
antiquity.
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artifact
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