Definition for Residue:

• That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; - used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.

Synonyms for Residue:

• adj.

  •residual (adjective)
  • raspings,
  • parings,
  • sewage,
  • study at remainder.

• n.

  •
  • ruin,
  • litter,
  • landfill,
  • e-waste.
  •
  • crystal,
  • rust,
  • Leavings.
  •balance (noun)
  • pro-fit,
  • pro fits,
  • pro fit,
  • pro-fits.
  •consequences (noun)
  • contrecoups.
  •dregs (noun)
  • de posits,
  • de-posits,
  • draffs.
  •embers (noun)
  • EMBERS.
  •end (noun)
  • stub,
  • shard,
  • butt end,
  • tag end.
  •excess (noun)
  • nimieties,
  • over-kills,
  • over-load,
  • pro-fusion,
  • over-kill,
  • pro fusions,
  • overkills,
  • supererogations,
  • ex cess,
  • over load,
  • luxuriances,
  • over-flows,
  • over flow,
  • super abundance,
  • super-abundances,
  • over-weights,
  • over-weight,
  • over flows,
  • over weights,
  • over weight,
  • over runs,
  • fulsomenesses,
  • recrements,
  • ex cesses,
  • pro-fusions,
  • too much of good thing,
  • ex-cess,
  • over-doses,
  • ex-cesses,
  • too muches,
  • over kill,
  • over-dose,
  • super abundances,
  • too much good thing,
  • the limits,
  • over run,
  • too much a good thing,
  • over doses,
  • super-abundance,
  • over-loads,
  • over loads,
  • pro fusion,
  • over dose,
  • by product,
  • over-flow,
  • over kills.
  •grounds (noun)
  • de-posit,
  • de posit.
  •overstock (noun)
  • over-stock,
  • over stocks,
  • over stock,
  • over-stocks.
  •oversupply (noun)
  • over-supplies,
  • over-supply.
  •refuse (noun)
  • dross,
  • waste matter,
  • Rejectamenta,
  • dunghills,
  • Sweepings,
  • dunghill.
  •relic (noun)
  • archaism,
  • Remembrancer,
  • Artifacts,
  • remembrancers,
  • archaisms,
  • artifact.
  •remains (noun)
  • leave.
  •remnant (noun)
  • end pieces.
  •residual (noun)
  • residual.
  •residue (noun)
  • afterimage,
  • debris,
  • precipitate,
  • leftovers,
  • afterglow,
  • chaff,
  • detritus,
  • Filings,
  • sawdust.
  •rest (noun)
  • bottom of barrel,
  • others,
  • overplus,
  • residum.
  •silt (noun)
  • sands,
  • sand.
  •soot (noun)
  • Fuliginosity.
  •substance (noun)
  • residue.
  •superfluousness (noun)
  • over abundance,
  • over abundances,
  • over-abundances.
  •surplus (noun)
  • something extras.
  •waste (noun)
  • effluent,
  • rubbish,
  • despoilment,
  • decay,
  • offal,
  • sludge,
  • slop,
  • garbage,
  • leakage,
  • Dejecta,
  • junk,
  • waste.

• v.

  •remains (verb)
  • lees.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dioxin,
  • distillate,
  • filtrate.
  •
  • relic.
  •
  • scale.
  •carbon
  • soot.

Paraphrases for Residue:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    residuals.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    residuum.
  • Verb, past tense
    residues.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    remnant, leftover.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    prints, remainder, bequest, impoundment, scrap, legacy.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    Tailings.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    debris.

Antonyms for Residue:

• n.

  • leftover part
    base, lack, necessity, want, need, core.

Residue Sentence Examples:

• There was a color about some of the particles remaining that caught his attention; but he would not trust a partial test, and continued the washing until, except for a very trifling residue, the pan was empty.

• Her attitude was that when one had enough one should give the residue to some one who had not enough.

Homophones for Residue:

• react, Rasht, ragged, rigid, rosy-cheeked, resect, resist, razed, roseate, reset, rejected, requiescat, rickety, rossetti, rested, rust, rosidae, rest day, ragout, rosita, reach out, roasted, recede, reseda, rectitude, res gestae, rackety, right away, ricotta, racist, rescued, right-eyed, rocket, roughcast, rough out, restate, requisite, rheostat, rushdie, rag day, rouged, russet, rhizoid, rough-cut, rushed, risotto, rough cut, roast, rig out, richweed, right, rogue state, roget, roughshod, racket, rose-cheeked, recode, requested, rigout, rusted, reshoot, roost, rest, rare-roasted, requite, Resht, restitute, raised, rachet, recessed, rosewood, ricochet, rasta, rajidae, rigidity, rigged, reseed, rosette, resid, racquet, recast, rugged, rush out, rusty, rock-steady, reside, resuscitated, reject, resuscitate, rye ergot, recite, regicide, roquette, Rico Act, regatta, reseat, ragweed, recto, rau-sed, rockweed, request.

Hypernym for Residue:

• n.

  • substance
    ash, cottonseed cake, crackling, greaves, dottle, cotton cake.

Hyponym for Residue:

• n.

  • substance
    matter.