What is another word for remains?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹɪmˈe͡ɪnz], [ ɹɪmˈeɪnz], [ ɹ_ɪ_m_ˈeɪ_n_z]
Synonyms for Remains:
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n.
• ash(es) • carcass • corpses • dead body • debris • object • oddment • odds and ends • refuse • relic • remainder • remains • remains of burning • remnant • rest • scrap • trace -
v.
• abides • remains Other synonyms:
- Offcut ,
- body count ,
- debris ,
- deceased ,
- departed ,
- detritus ,
- dust bunny ,
- e-waste ,
- jetsam ,
- oddments ,
- relic ,
- remainder ,
- road kill ,
- scrapheap ,
- shavings ,
- tag ,
- the decedent ,
- waste paper .
- rest .
- dead .
- Leavings ,
- clipping ,
- destruction ,
- flotsam ,
- garbage ,
- hulk ,
- landfill ,
- recycling ,
- refuse ,
- residue ,
- ruin .
- waste .
- scrap .
Other relevant words:
• hold over
• noun
- Ashes ,
- Corpus Delicti ,
- Delays ,
- Educt ,
- Filings ,
- Heeltap ,
- Lives ,
- Microlith ,
- Orts ,
- Perches ,
- Rejections ,
- Reliquiae ,
- Remanent ,
- Rests ,
- Sweepings ,
- abide ,
- abodes ,
- account ,
- afterglow ,
- afterimage ,
- alluvium ,
- ancient manuscript ,
- annals ,
- antique ,
- antiquity ,
- anyhow ,
- anyway ,
- appeases ,
- archaism ,
- artefact ,
- artifact ,
- as before ,
- attends ,
- be left ,
- bear on ,
- besides ,
- bones ,
- bony ,
- breathes ,
- butt ,
- cadaverous ,
- candle ends ,
- catalog ,
- cave painting ,
- ceases ,
- chaff ,
- chronicle ,
- cicatrix ,
- clay ,
- corpus ,
- correspondence ,
- corse ,
- crowbait ,
- crumbs ,
- dead body ,
- dead man ,
- dead person ,
- defunct ,
- deposit ,
- detains ,
- dirt ,
- discards ,
- documentation ,
- dregs ,
- dust ,
- dwell ,
- earth ,
- emaciated ,
- encounters ,
- end ,
- eolith ,
- even ,
- eventually ,
- ever ,
- excess ,
- excessive ,
- exists ,
- extra ,
- exuberant ,
- finally ,
- footmark ,
- footprint ,
- footstep ,
- form ,
- formerly ,
- fossil ,
- fossiliferous ,
- fossils ,
- fragments ,
- frame ,
- further ,
- gratuitous ,
- grounds ,
- haggard ,
- heel ,
- heretofore ,
- history ,
- hitherto ,
- hold ,
- holdover ,
- how ,
- however ,
- husk ,
- husks ,
- imitate ,
- in excess ,
- inhabits ,
- insists ,
- inventory ,
- keep ,
- lave ,
- lees ,
- left over ,
- leftover ,
- leftovers ,
- leisure ,
- letters ,
- linger on ,
- list ,
- live on ,
- living beings ,
- lodges ,
- maintain ,
- maintains ,
- mark ,
- marks ,
- memento ,
- memorial ,
- mud ,
- mummification ,
- nap ,
- needless ,
- neolith ,
- never ,
- nevertheless ,
- nonetheless ,
- occupies ,
- odds and ends ,
- offal ,
- offscourings ,
- organic remains ,
- otiose ,
- overage ,
- paleolith ,
- paring ,
- parings ,
- part ,
- pause ,
- pauses ,
- petrification ,
- petrified forest ,
- petrified wood ,
- petroglyph ,
- pillows ,
- piste ,
- pointless ,
- precipitate ,
- preserves ,
- proceeds ,
- pug ,
- pyramid ,
- quells ,
- rag ,
- rags ,
- recess ,
- record ,
- recording ,
- redundant ,
- register ,
- registry ,
- rejects ,
- relaxation ,
- relics ,
- relies ,
- remain ,
- remainders ,
- remnant ,
- remnants ,
- repose ,
- reposes ,
- resides ,
- residual ,
- residues ,
- residuum ,
- result ,
- retain ,
- retains ,
- roach ,
- roll ,
- rolls ,
- roosts ,
- roster ,
- rota ,
- rubble ,
- ruins ,
- rump ,
- sawdust ,
- scar ,
- scent ,
- scouring ,
- scourings ,
- scrapings ,
- scraps ,
- scroll ,
- sediment ,
- settle down ,
- settles ,
- settlings ,
- shadow ,
- shambles ,
- shard ,
- shaving ,
- sherd ,
- skeleton ,
- sleep ,
- so ,
- sojourns ,
- solids ,
- somehow ,
- stay ,
- stay over ,
- stays on ,
- stick around ,
- stick on ,
- still ,
- stops ,
- straw ,
- stubble ,
- stump ,
- subsists ,
- superabundant ,
- supererogatory ,
- superfluous ,
- supernumerary ,
- surplus ,
- survival ,
- survives ,
- sustain ,
- system ,
- table ,
- tarry ,
- token ,
- traces ,
- track ,
- track mark ,
- trail ,
- trim ,
- trunk ,
- unnecessary ,
- unpointed ,
- useless ,
- vestige ,
- vestiges ,
- wake ,
- whereby ,
- why ,
- withal ,
- wreck ,
- wreckage ,
- yet .
- Mort ,
- Mouthfuls ,
- NIBS ,
- bottom of barrel ,
- cadaver ,
- carcase ,
- carrion ,
- carry over ,
- carry-over ,
- carryovers ,
- castoff ,
- castoffs ,
- charcoal ,
- charcoals ,
- cold meat ,
- cold meats ,
- corpse ,
- cuttings ,
- deceaseds ,
- dross ,
- ember ,
- end piece ,
- footmarks ,
- hangover ,
- loved one ,
- morts ,
- nib ,
- object ,
- overplus ,
- physical object ,
- residua ,
- residuals ,
- smithereen ,
- smithereens ,
- stiffs ,
- thing .
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How to use "Remains" in context?
What is left behind after somebody dies? Mostly, this is composed of the deceased's body, which is sometimes cremated, but often reduces to bones. All of the deceased's personal belongings are also part of the remains. These can include clothes, jewelry, and other possessions. The remains may also contain medical records, photographs, and other papers. In some cases, the remains are stored in a tomb or other monument.
Paraphrases for Remains:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, plural
relics.
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Noun, plural
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, plural
cremains.
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Noun, plural
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Independent
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Noun, plural
bones, needs, scraps, stands, Areas, Bodies, Carcasses, Does, Has, Legacies, Opportunities, leftovers, Artefacts, Cadavers, Forms, Saints, Tracks, fragments, maintains, challenges, homes, levels, spoils, subtracts, arrangements, notices, implications, regions, commitments, makes, principles, dispositions, retains, structures, issues, offers, consequences, events, results, remainders, remnants, residues, vestiges, submarines, pieces, bits, sites, halls, questions, features, patterns, items, corpses, fixtures, staffs, sounds, looks, feels, rags, monuments, wastes, merits, lies, IMPACTS, scrapings, footsteps, counterparts, fugitives, restaurants, relicts, reminders, meals, Tailings, by-products.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
acts, additional, ai, ask, basic, body, change, close, commitment, complementary, conserves, constant, direct, disarmament, efficient, failure, falls, follow, future, gdp, global, good, grave, hard, iii, implementation, information, keeping, key, large, leave, less, main, maintain, maintenance, marks, may, military, needs, nevertheless, not, particular, policy, possible, potential, primary, principal, proceeds, progress, reaffirm, registered, reserves, reside, respect, respects, response, road, safety, same, senior, serious, stands, stays, stops, stores, sustainability, task, Bodies, Carries, Doing, Does, Gives, Guards, Has, Leaves, Lives, S, no., Comes, Faces, Forms, Permits, Plays, Rests, SITS, Strikes, Tracks, goes, ceases, deducts, diminishes, gets, occupies, takes, serves, supports, sustains, upholding, lasts, lingers, persists, suffers, maintains, occurs, prevails, dwells, resides, survives, subtracts, undermines, weakens, violations, attaches, sticks, meets, gaps, agrees, stresses, underlines, acknowledges, claims, contends, expresses, submits, confirms, assumes, believes, complies, observes, lets, enjoys, honors, contains, includes, requires, ends, returns, applies, accounts, considers, determines, ranks, thinks, notes, reports, sets, raises, saves, corresponds, owns, conducts, forces, concerns, appears, moves, operates, performs, makes, produces, presents, pursues, runs, changes, establishes, retains, finds, adopts, wishes, issues, offers, poses, shows, ensures, remnants, expects, intends, follows, removes, amounts, reservations, limits, represents, walks, wanders, monitors, argues, protects, awaits, relies, wants, repeats, questions, displays, arises, employs, uses, ensues, matters, happens, constitutes, lacks, asks, hears, says, sounds, becomes, creates, looks, loses, fails, feels, puts, lags, involves, knows, recognizes, spends, wastes, deserves, lays, lies, pervades, depends, belongs, insists, consists, emphasises, isalways.
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Noun, plural
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Other Related
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Noun, plural
stays.
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Noun, plural
Hyponym for Remains:
n.
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object
object, physical object.
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object
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