| 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: | flotsam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | floating debris |
Synonyms: |
cargo, castoffs, jetsam, junk, odds and ends, sea-drift, wreckage |
| Notes: | flotsam are goods floating on the sea (French floter) and jetsam are things thrown into the sea (short for jettison, from French jeter) |
| Main Entry: | garbage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refuse, litter |
Synonyms: |
bits and pieces, debris, detritus, dreck, dregs, dross, filth, junk, muck, odds and ends, offal, rubbish, rubble, scrap, scrapings, sewage, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste |
| 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: | miscellany |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | varied collection |
Synonyms: |
accumulation, aggregation, anthology, assortment, brew, collectanea, combination, combo, compilation, conglomeration, cumulation, diversity, farrago, gallimaufry, garbage*, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, melee, mess, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, muddle, mélange, odds and ends, olio, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, smorgasbord, stew, variety |
Antonyms: |
single |
| Main Entry: | mixed bag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miscellaneous collection |
Synonyms: |
all shapes and sizes, all sorts, array, assortment, choice, collection, combination, combo, conglomerate, diversity, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, melange, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, montage, mélange, odds and ends, patchwork, potpourri, smorgasbord, sundries |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
base, core |
| Main Entry: | remnant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leftover part |
Synonyms: |
balance, bit, dregs, dross, end, end piece, excess, fragment, hangover, heel, leavings, lees, leftovers, odds and ends, orts, part, particle, piece, portion, remainder, remains, residual, residue, residuum, rest, rump, scrap, shred, strip, surplus, survival, vestige |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remainder of something |
Synonyms: |
balance, bottom of barrel, dregs, dross, excess, heel, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, orts, others, overplus, remains, remnant, residual, residue, residum, rump, superfluity, surplus |
Antonyms: |
base, core |
| Main Entry: | scrap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny bit of something |
Synonyms: |
atom, bite, bits and pieces, butt, castoff, chip, chunk, crumb, cutting, discard, end, fragment, glob, gob, grain, hunk, iota, jot, junk, leaving, leftover, lump, mite, modicum, morsel, mouthful, odds and ends, orts, part, particle, piece, portion, remains, shred, slice, sliver, smithereen, snatch, snippet, speck, stump, trace, waste |
Antonyms: |
load, lot |