Antonyms for residue
ˈrɛz ɪˌdu, -ˌdyuresidue

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1. residuenoun

   matter that remains after something has been removed

   Synonyms:
   remainder, rest, residuum, residual, balance

2. remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, restnoun

   something left after other parts have been taken away

   "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"

   Synonyms:
   remainder, relief, counterbalance, end, quietus, difference, relaxation, symmetry, equaliser, residual, ease, balance, proportion, residuum, rest, repose, equalizer, counterweight, rest period, eternal sleep, sleep, counterpoise, equilibrium, remnant, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, oddment, balance wheel, proportionality, eternal rest, respite

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1. residuenoun

   Synonyms:
   remainder, remnant, residuum, rest, balance, surplus, excess

How to use residue in a sentence?

1. Farmer Ramesh Singh:

   Last year, I promised myself I wouldn't set the rice paddy residue on fire to clear my field for planting winter crops, but as the new sowing season drew closer, I started running out of time and I reluctantly set the farm waste on fire to prepare the field for wheat planting.

2. Olli Heinonen:

   You can repaint, and pour concrete, to hide radioactive residue or simulate the tests with non-nuclear material.

3. Dick Pound:

   It's worse than we thought, It has the effect of factually affecting the results on the field of play and athletes, both in Russia and abroad, are suffering as a result, it may be a residue of the old Soviet system ... they must stop it and make a new start.

4. Boston Police Officer Lauren Woods:

   I smelled the residue of smoke, smelled like fireworks, cannons.

5. Leslie Miklosy:

   Humans are so foolish--we measure ourselves by our residue.

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