Synonyms 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, residue, sleep, counterpoise, equilibrium, remnant, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, oddment, balance wheel, proportionality, eternal rest, respite

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1. • Matter

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1. residuenoun

   Synonyms:
   remainder, rest, remnant, residuum, BALANCE

2. residuenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) surplus (of a testator's estate), excess, overplus

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1. residuenoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "residue":

   residues, tailings, residuum, residuals, waste, residual, debris

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How to use RESIDUE in a sentence?

1. Leslie Miklosy:

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

2. 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.

3. Amiya Powell:

   It's interesting how everyone you come in contact with leaves a residue on you. The interaction stays with you forever, becomes a part of you, and changes you whether you like it or not. The Rabbit Hole

4. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   ART is the medium through which you express the inexpressible, convey the unconveyable, transporting the audience in different realms of existence erasing their mental identities. Any effort by the artist to make an personal identity is detrimental in an artistic sense. Be Wiser, leave no residue dissolve in ART!

5. 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.