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Residual

Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken.

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Broader term 5

Component 76% connected

Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Constituent 76% connected

Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Payment 76% connected

The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Narrower term 1

Remnant 76% connected

Remaining; yet left.

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Residue 74% connected

That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Residue 74% connected

That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Pertains to 1

Residue 66% connected

That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.

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Synonym 6

Balance 92% connected

An apparatus for weighing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Remainder 92% connected

Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Residuary 92% connected

Consisting of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Residue 92% connected

That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Residuum 92% connected

That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rest 92% connected

To arrest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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