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| Main Entry: | leftover |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remaining, excess |
| Synonyms: | extra, residual, surplus, untouched, unused, unwanted, unconsumed, uneaten |
| Antonyms: | core, main, principle |
| 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: | discretionary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open to choice |
| Synonyms: | elective, leftover, open, optional, unrestricted, at the call, facultative, judge and jury, nonmandatory, nonobligatory |
| Antonyms: | nondiscretionary |
| Main Entry: | extra |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accessory; excess |
| Synonyms: | additional, ancillary, another, auxiliary, beyond, button*, extraneous, extraordinary, fresh, further, fuss*, gravy*, ice*, lagniappe*, leftover, more, needless, new, optional, other, perk*, plus, redundant, reserve, spare, special, superfluous, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, tip, unnecessary, unused, added, gingerbread, in addition, in reserve, in store, inessential, one more, over and above, unneeded |
| Antonyms: | basic, elementary, essential, fundamental, integral, necessary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remainder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | balance, residue |
| Synonyms: | butt, detritus, dregs, excess, fragment, garbage, hangover*, heel, junk, leftover, obverse, odds and ends*, refuse, relic, remains, remnant, rest, ruins, salvage, scrap, stump, surplus, trace, vestige, waste, wreck, wreckage, bottom of barrel, carry-over, leavings, oddment, overplus, residuum |
| Notes: | remainder is a general word for what is left over, while residue (and residuum) is the remains at the end of a process; remnant is a part left after the greater part has been removed |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | superfluous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extra, unnecessary |
| Synonyms: | abounding, dispensable, excess, excessive, exorbitant, expendable, extravagant, extreme, gratuitous, inordinate, lavish, leftover, needless, nonessential, overflowing, profuse, redundant, remaining, spare, supernumerary, surplus, unasked, uncalled-for, unwanted, useless, de trop, in excess, inessential, overmuch, pleonastic, residuary, superabundant, supererogatory, superfluent, unneeded, unrequired |
| Antonyms: | important, necessary, needed |
| Main Entry: | surplus |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extra |
| Synonyms: | excess, leftover, odd*, over, remaining, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, too much, unused, de trop, in excess, superfluent |
| Antonyms: | essential, lacking, necessary, wanting, needing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uneven |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not smooth or balanced |
| Synonyms: | asymmetrical, broken, bumpy, changeable, craggy, discrepant, disparate, disproportionate, fitful, harsh, intermittent, irregular, jagged, jerky, leftover, lopsided, notched, odd, off-balance, one-sided, patchy, remaining, rough, rugged, scabrous, serrate, spasmodic, spotty, unbalanced, unequal, unfair, unsteady, variable, asperous, differing, fluctuating, ill-matched, nonsymmetrical, not flat, not level, not parallel, overbalanced, scraggy, unlevel, unsmooth, unsymmetrical |
| Antonyms: | balanced, continuous, even, level, smooth |
| Main Entry: | side effect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adverse or unwanted secondary effect |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, concomitant, corollary, leftover, offshoot, reaction, aftereffect, aftertaste, byproduct, carryover, secondary response, side issue, sidebar, spinoff |
| Main Entry: | excess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overabundance of something |
| Synonyms: | balance, by-product, enough, exorbitance, exuberance, fat, glut, inundation, lavishness, leftover, overflow, overload, overrun, overweight, plenty, plethora, profusion, redundancy, refuse, remainder, residue, rest, spare, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, too much*, waste, fulsomeness, leavings, luxuriance, nimiety, overdose, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, recrement, redundance, supererogation, the limit, too much of a good thing, wastefulness |
| Antonyms: | dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, shortcoming, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scrap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny bit of something |
| Synonyms: | atom, bite, butt, chip, chunk, crumb, cutting, discard, end, fragment, glob, grain, hunk, iota, jot, junk, leftover*, lump, mite, modicum, morsel, mouthful, odds and ends*, part, particle, piece, portion, remains, shred, slice, sliver, snatch, snippet, speck, stump, trace, waste, bits and pieces, castoff, gob, leaving, orts, smithereen |
| Antonyms: | load, lot |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extra, reserve |
| Synonyms: | additional, backup, emergency, free, lagniappe, leftover, odd, option, over, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, unoccupied, unused, unwanted, de trop, in excess, in reserve, in store, more than enough, supererogatory |
| Antonyms: | necessary |
| Main Entry: | remaining |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | surplus |
| Synonyms: | extra, left, leftover, outstanding, residual, spare, surviving, unused, lingering, vestigial |
| Main Entry: | left |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned |
| Synonyms: | continuing, departed, extra, forsaken, leftover, over, remaining, residual, split, gone out, marooned, staying |
| Main Entry: | odd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | single, unmatched; uneven |
| Synonyms: | additional, alone, individual, irregular, left, leftover, lone, lonely, over, remaining, singular, sole, solitary, spare, surplus, exceeding, over and above, unconsumed, unitary, unpaired |
| Antonyms: | matched |
| 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: | remains |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remaining part |
| Synonyms: | debris, detritus, remainder, remnant, residue, rest, scraps, leavings, leftovers, remnants |
| Main Entry: | remnant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
| Synonyms: | balance, bit, dregs, dross, end, excess, fragment, hangover*, heel, lees, odds and ends*, part, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remains, residual, residue, rest, rump, scrap, shred, strip, surplus, survival, vestige, end piece, leavings, leftovers, orts, residuum |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remainder of something |
| Synonyms: | balance, dregs, dross, excess, heel, odds and ends*, remains, remnant, residual, residue, rump, superfluity, surplus, bottom of barrel, leavings, leftovers, orts, others, overplus, residum |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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