Synonyms for trace
treɪstrace

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1. traceverb

   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

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1. trace

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

   Antonyms:
   miss, lose, misinvestigate, misdelineate

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1. trace, hint, suggestionnoun

   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, shadownoun

   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, ghostnoun

   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, tracenoun

   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. tracenoun

   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. traceverb

   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, followverb

   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, delineateverb

   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, retraceverb

   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, traceverb

    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. traceverb

    discover traces of

    "She traced the circumstances of her birth"

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

12. traceverb

    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. traceverb

    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, traceverb

    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

Matched Categories

1. • Chase
   • Copy
   • Find
   • Indication
   • Line
   • Proceed
   • Read
   • Suggestion

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1. tracenoun

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

2. tracenoun

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

3. traceverb

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

4. traceverb

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

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1. tracenoun

   Synonyms:
   vestige, sign, impression

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1. List of paraphrases for "trace":

   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. Cornell University:

   Plants take up trace amounts of arsenic from the soil, and we have been ingesting these trace amounts for all of human history. Generally, these amounts are at levels well below that associated with either acute or chronic toxicity.

3. Mary McCarthy:

   Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field, this product of human activity requires still more labor, incessant, tireless labor, to maintain its identity as a work of man.

4. Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775:

   The changes in the human condition are uncertain and frequent. Many, on whom fortune has bestowed her favours, may trace their family to a more unprosperous station; and many who are now in obscurity, may look back upon the affluence and exalted rank of their ancestors.

5. Eric Hoffer:

   Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.