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| Main Entry: | debris |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | litter, waste |
| Synonyms: | detritus, dregs, dross, garbage, junk, offal, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage, bits, crap, fragments, pieces |
| Notes: | debris is the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up; garbage is food that is discarded or useless rubbish or a receptacle where rubbish is discarded; trash is worthless material that is to be disposed or a worthless or contemptible person |
| Antonyms: | cleanliness, neatness, purity |
| Main Entry: | chaff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waste |
| Synonyms: | crust, debris, dregs, pod, refuse, remains, rubbish, shell, trash, husks, shard |
| Main Entry: | garbage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse, litter |
| Synonyms: | debris, detritus, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends*, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, sewage, slop*, swill, trash, waste, bits and pieces, dreck, scrapings, sweepings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hogwash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonsense |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, balderdash*, baloney*, bull*, bunk*, debris, drivel*, foolishness, poppycock*, refuse, rot, rubbish, trash, twaddle*, BS, hokum, hooey, horsefeathers, ridiculousness |
| Antonyms: | sense, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | junk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odds and ends; garbage |
| Synonyms: | clutter, collateral, debris, filth, hogwash*, litter, miscellany, offal, refuse, rubbish, rubble, rummage, salvage, scrap, trash, waste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leftover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remainder, remains |
| Synonyms: | debris, legacy, odds and ends*, residue, scraps, surplus, trash, leavings, oddments, orts, remnants, survivor |
| Antonyms: | main meal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | odds and ends |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellaneous grouping |
| Synonyms: | assortment, debris, hodgepodge, jumble, litter, mélange, medley, melee, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, olio, patchwork, potpourri, rags, refuse, remainder, remains, rest, rubbish, rummage, scraps, bits, bits and pieces, bits and pieces, etcetera, knickknacks, leavings, leftovers, miscellaneous paraphernalia, notions, novelties, oddments, particles, remnants, sundries, sundry items, this and that |
| Main Entry: | refuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, dump, dust, hogwash*, junk, litter, muck, offal, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop*, swill, trash, waste, dunghill, leavings, rejectamenta, sweepings, waste matter |
| Antonyms: | assets, property, possessions |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remains |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remaining part |
| Synonyms: | debris, detritus, remainder, remnant, residue, rest, scraps, leavings, leftovers, remnants |
| Main Entry: | residue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
| Synonyms: | balance, debris, dregs, dross, excess, extra, garbage, heel, junk, remainder, remains, remnant, residual, rest, scraps, scum, sewage, silt, slag, surplus, trash, leavings, leftovers, orts, parings, residuum, scourings, shavings |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
| Main Entry: | ruins |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | buildings that are dilapidated |
| Synonyms: | ashes, debris, destruction, detritus, foundation, remains, residue, rubble, vestiges, wreck, wreckage, relics, remnants, traces |
| Main Entry: | sediment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | solid residue from liquid solution |
| Synonyms: | debris, deposit, dregs, dross, grounds, lees, matter, powder, precipitate, precipitation, silt, slag, trash, waste, gook, gunk, residuum, settling, solids |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | wreck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe damage or severely damaged goods |
| Synonyms: | collapse, crash, crate, debacle, debris, derelict, destruction, devastation, disruption, fender bender*, heap*, hulk*, jalopy*, junk*, litter, mess, relic, ruin, ruins, smashup*, total*, waste, wreckage, junker, pile-up, rear-ender, shipwreck |
| Antonyms: | creation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wreckage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remains |
| Synonyms: | debris, rubble, ruins, wreck, remnants |
| Main Entry: | mess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder, litter |
| Synonyms: | botch, chaos, clutter, combination, compound, confusion, debris, disarray, disorganization, every which way*, eyesore, fright, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, mayhem, mishmash, monstrosity, salmagundi, shambles, sight, turmoil, wreck, wreckage, dirtiness, discombobulation, untidiness |
| Antonyms: | order, organization, tidiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rubbish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, junk, litter, lumber, offal, refuse, rubble, rummage, scrap, trash, waste, sweepings |
| Antonyms: | property, possessions |
| Main Entry: | trash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, droppings, dross, excess, filth, junk, litter, odds and ends*, offal, refuse, residue, rubbish, rubble, rummage, scrap, scraps, scum*, sediment, waste, fragments, leavings, oddments, pieces, scourings, shavings, sweepings |
| Antonyms: | assets, possessions, valuables |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ashes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ruins |
| Synonyms: | debris, remains, rubble, vestiges, relics, remnants |
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | garbage, refuse |
| Synonyms: | debris, dregs, dross, excess, hogwash*, junk, litter, offal, rubbish, rubble, ruins, rummage, scrap, slop, swill, trash, dreck, leavings, leftovers, offscourings, sweepings |
| Antonyms: | possessions |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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