Synonyms for trace
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1. trace, hint, suggestion(noun)

   a just detectable amount

   "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"

   Synonyms:
   lead, jot, touch, steer, proposition, prompting, shadow, ghost, intimation, tincture, soupcon, clue, wind, speck, hint, tip, pinch, vestige, proffer, mite, mesmerism, tinge, confidential information, breath, tracing, suggestion, hypnotism

2. trace, vestige, tincture, shadow(noun)

   an indication that something has been present

   "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"

   Synonyms:
   touch, shade, phantom, shadow, ghost, tincture, fantasm, tint, tail, dark, hint, phantasm, vestige, darkness, shadower, tone, phantasma, tracing, suggestion, apparition

3. touch, trace, ghost(noun)

   a suggestion of some quality

   "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"

   Synonyms:
   ghostwriter, jot, wraith, cutaneous senses, shade, touch sensation, tactual sensation, touch modality, touching, specter, shadow, signature, sense of touch, skin senses, tincture, soupcon, touch, speck, hint, feeling, pinch, vestige, spectre, spook, mite, tinge, ghost, tracing, spot, tactile sensation, contact, suggestion

4. tracing, trace(noun)

   a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

   Synonyms:
   shadow, tincture, touch, ghost, tracing, hint, vestige, suggestion

5. trace(noun)

   either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

   Synonyms:
   shadow, tincture, touch, ghost, tracing, hint, vestige, suggestion

6. trace(verb)

   a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle

   Synonyms:
   shadow, tincture, touch, ghost, tracing, hint, vestige, suggestion

7. trace, follow(verb)

   follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something

   "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress"

   Synonyms:
   conform to, play along, hunt, espouse, decipher, travel along, keep an eye on, hound, fall out, describe, adopt, survey, comply, come after, pursue, abide by, be, watch over, accompany, take after, keep up, watch, keep abreast, follow, stick to, observe, surveil, line, succeed, draw, retrace, come, postdate, stick with, delineate

8. trace, draw, line, describe, delineate(verb)

   make a mark or lines on a surface

   "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

   Synonyms:
   tie, distinguish, take in, account, hunt, suck up, get, attract, decipher, thread, quarter, sop up, hound, pull in, depict, guide, key out, describe, drag, draw in, key, suck, specify, delineate, report, make, outline, soak up, run along, retrace, define, pull, get out, take out, disembowel, cast, puff, limn, follow, reap, delimit, pass, identify, imbibe, string, draw and quarter, name, pull out, delimitate, draw, draw off, line, run, force, absorb, withdraw, pull back, take up, discover, eviscerate

9. trace, retrace(verb)

   to go back over again

   "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"

   Synonyms:
   construct, decipher, line, describe, hunt, reconstruct, retrace, hound, delineate, draw, follow

10. hound, hunt, trace(verb)

    pursue or chase relentlessly

    "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"

    Synonyms:
    decipher, track down, run, line, describe, hunt, delineate, retrace, hunt down, hound, draw, follow

11. trace(verb)

    discover traces of

    "She traced the circumstances of her birth"

    Synonyms:
    decipher, line, describe, hunt, retrace, hound, delineate, draw, follow

12. trace(verb)

    make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along

    "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture"

    Synonyms:
    decipher, line, describe, hunt, retrace, hound, delineate, draw, follow

13. trace(verb)

    copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of

    "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"

    Synonyms:
    decipher, line, describe, hunt, retrace, hound, delineate, draw, follow

14. decipher, trace(verb)

    read with difficulty

    "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

    Synonyms:
    delineate, decipher, line, describe, decrypt, decode, retrace, hunt, hound, draw, follow

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1. trace(verb)

   To follow the history of.

   Synonyms:
   trail, track

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1. trace

   A memorial is that which is intended or fitted to bring to remembrance something that has passed away; it may be vast and stately. On the other hand, a slight token of regard may be a cherished memorial of a friend; either a concrete object or an observance may be a memorial. A vestige is always slight compared with that whose existence it recalls; as, scattered mounds containing implements, weapons, etc., are vestiges of a former civilization. A vestige is always a part of that which has passed away; a trace may be merely the mark made by something that has been present or passed by, and that is still existing, or some slight evidence of its presence or of the effect it has produced; as, traces of game were observed by the hunter. Compare CHARACTERISTIC.

   Synonyms:
   footmark, footprint, footstep, impression, mark, memorial, remains, remnant, sign, token, track, trail, vestige

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. trace

   Synonyms:
   explore, track, follow, derive, deduce, thread, investigate, delineate, pursue

   Antonyms:
   miss, lose, misinvestigate, misdelineate

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1. trace(n.)

   Synonyms:
   footprint, footmark, footstep, track, trail, wake

2. trace(n.)

   Synonyms:
   mark, sign, token, vestige, record, memorial, remains

3. trace(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   follow (by a track or mark), track, trail

4. trace(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   delineate, draw, sketch, mark out, trace out

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1. trace(n)

   Synonyms:
   vestige, sign, impression

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1. List of paraphrases:

   traces, tracing, locate, footsteps, track, follow-up, trail, tracking, tracks, scribe, vestige, localize, sign, detect, record, footprint

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1. Laurence Rees:

   Over the years we've developed a large number of contacts, particularly through the archives in the East, which enabled us to approach these people, it's incredibly labor intensive and incredibly expensive. In order to find one perpetrator, one person who pulls the trigger and shoots people, researchers have to go through the original SS records and trawl through thousands and thousands of names. They've got to compare them against trial records. They've often got to go to the Russian archives to see whether any of these people were prosecuted. Then they've got to go through phone books in Germany. They've got to try and trace relatives and so on….

2. Marco Perez:

   We designed it so Apple Watch would not be able to trace information back to the owners of Apple Watch, all of that data was funneled to us and any identifying data was given to us but did not stay at Apple Watch.

3. Chris Stewart:

   When you look at the numbers, they were very trace amounts. We don't know if they would show up in a urine test for a job. There is no evidence that it would affect the way he was acting. Also he wasn't pulled for speeding or driving erratically or anything that you are typically pulled for if you are under the influence of drugs, the tests had nothing to do with the shooting.

4. Sara Cody:

   We will continue to trace close contacts of our cases to try to limit the spread of the virus. But now we need to add other public health tools to the mix, now that we have a case that did not recently travel or come in contact with anyone known to be ill, what does this mean? What we know now is that the virus is here, present at some level. But we still don't know to what degree.

5. Thomas Rimmele:

   The Inouye Solar Telescope's all about the magnetic field, to unravel the Sun's biggest mysteries, we have to not only be able to clearly see these tiny structures from 93 million miles away but very precisely measure their magnetic field strength and direction near the surface and trace the field as it extends out into the million-degree corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun.

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