| Main Entry: | leftover |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | remaining, excess |
Synonyms: |
extra, residual, surplus, unconsumed, uneaten, untouched, unused, unwanted |
Antonyms: |
core, main, principle |
| Main Entry: | leftover |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remainder, remains |
Synonyms: |
debris, leavings, legacy, oddments, odds and ends, orts, remnants, residue, scraps, surplus, survivor, trash |
Antonyms: |
main meal |
| Main Entry: | discretionary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open to choice |
Synonyms: |
at the call, elective, facultative, judge and jury, leftover, nonmandatory, nonobligatory, open, optional, unrestricted |
Antonyms: |
nondiscretionary |
| Main Entry: | excess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overabundance of something |
Synonyms: |
balance, by-product, enough, exorbitance, exuberance, fat, fulsomeness, glut, inundation, lavishness, leavings, leftover, luxuriance, nimiety, overdose, overflow, overkill, overload, overmuch, overrun, oversupply, overweight, plenty, plethora, profusion, recrement, redundance, redundancy, refuse, remainder, residue, rest, spare, superabundance, supererogation, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, the limit, too much of a good thing, too much*, waste, wastefulness |
Antonyms: |
dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, shortcoming, want |
| Main Entry: | extra |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accessory; excess |
Synonyms: |
added, additional, ancillary, another, auxiliary, beyond, button, extraneous, extraordinary, fresh, further, fuss*, gingerbread, gravy, ice*, in addition, in reserve, in store, inessential, lagniappe, leftover, more, needless, new, one more, optional, other, over and above, perk*, plus, redundant, reserve, spare, special, superfluous, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, tip, unnecessary, unneeded, unused |
Antonyms: |
basic, elementary, essential, fundamental, integral, necessary |
| Main Entry: | left |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abandoned |
Synonyms: |
continuing, departed, extra, forsaken, gone out, leftover, marooned, over, remaining, residual, split, staying |
| Main Entry: | odd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | single, unmatched; uneven |
Synonyms: |
additional, alone, exceeding, individual, irregular, left, leftover, lone, lonely, over, over and above, remaining, singular, sole, solitary, spare, surplus, unconsumed, unitary, unpaired |
Antonyms: |
matched |
| Main Entry: | odds and ends |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellaneous grouping |
Synonyms: |
assortment, bits, bits and pieces, bits and pieces, debris, etcetera, hodgepodge, jumble, knickknacks, leavings, leftovers, litter, medley, melee, miscellaneous paraphernalia, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, motley, mélange, notions, novelties, oddments, olio, particles, patchwork, potpourri, rags, refuse, remainder, remains, remnants, rest, rubbish, rummage, scraps, sundries, sundry items, this and that |
| Main Entry: | remainder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | balance, residue |
Synonyms: |
bottom of barrel, butt, carry-over, detritus, dregs, excess, fragment, garbage, hangover, heel, junk, leavings, leftover, obverse, oddment, odds and ends, overplus, refuse, relic, remains, remnant, residuum, rest, ruins, salvage, scrap, stump, surplus, trace, vestige, waste, wreck, wreckage |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | remains |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remaining part |
Synonyms: |
debris, detritus, leavings, leftovers, remainder, remnant, remnants, residue, rest, scraps |