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| Main Entry: | relic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something saved from the past |
| Synonyms: | antique, antiquity, curio, curiosity, evidence, fragment, heirloom, keepsake, memento, memorial, monument, remains, remembrance, reminder, remnant, residue, ruins, scrap, souvenir, survival, testimonial, token, trace, trophy, vestige, archaism, artifact, remembrancer |
| Main Entry: | ancient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | old, often very old |
| Synonyms: | aged, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, early, elderly, fossil*, hoary, moth-eaten*, obsolete, old-fashioned, older, out-of-date, outmoded, primal, primeval, primordial, relic, remote, rusty, superannuated, timeworn, venerable, age-old, back number, been around, creaky, few miles on, lot of mileage, old goat, oldie, worse for wear |
| Antonyms: | modern, new, young |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | antique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | old object, often of great value |
| Synonyms: | antiquity, artifact, bygone, heirloom, monument, objet d'art, rarity, relic, ruin, vestige |
| Main Entry: | fossil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organic remains of a previous time |
| Synonyms: | deposit, impression, reconstruction, relic, skeleton, specimen, trace, eolith, neolith, paleolith, petrifaction |
| Main Entry: | keepsake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something precious |
| Synonyms: | emblem, favor, memento, memorial, relic, remembrance, reminder, souvenir, symbol, token, trophy |
| Main Entry: | memento |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | souvenir |
| Synonyms: | keepsake, memorial, relic, remembrance, reminder, token, trace, trophy, vestige, remembrancer |
| Main Entry: | memorial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monument, testimonial in honor, praise |
| Synonyms: | ceremony, column, headstone, inscription, keepsake, mausoleum, memento, monolith, obelisk, pillar, plaque, record, relic, remembrance, reminder, shaft, slab, souvenir, statue, tablet, token, tombstone, trophy, cairn, stele |
| 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: | reminder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning, notice; keepsake |
| Synonyms: | admonition, expression, gesture, hint, indication, intimation, memento, memorandum, memorial, note, relic, remembrance, sign, souvenir, suggestion, token, trinket, trophy, memo, remembrancer |
| Antonyms: | forgetfulness |
| Main Entry: | souvenir |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | keepsake from event |
| Synonyms: | gift, memento, memorial, relic, remembrance, reminder, token, trophy, remembrancer |
| Main Entry: | token |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication, remembrance |
| Synonyms: | badge, clue, demonstration, earnest, evidence, expression, favor, gift, index, keepsake, manifestation, mark, memento, memorial, note, omen, pawn, pledge, presage, proof, relic, reminder, representation, sample, security, sign, significant, souvenir, symbol, symptom, trophy, warning, warrant, indicia |
| Main Entry: | trace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence; small bit |
| Synonyms: | breath, crumb, dab, dash, drop, element, footprint, fragment, hint, indication, intimation, iota, jot, mark, memento, minimum, nuance, particle, pinch, proof, record, relic, remains, remnant, scintilla, shade, shadow, shred, sign, slot, smell, smidgen, snippet, soupçon, speck, spoor, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suggestion, survival, suspicion, taste, tincture, tinge, token, touch, track, trail, tread, trifle, vestige, whiff, whisper, footmark, nib, tittle |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | vestige |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sign, indication |
| Synonyms: | evidence, glimmer, hint, memento, print, relic, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, scrap, shadow, suspicion, token, trace, track |
| 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: | hoary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ancient |
| Synonyms: | aged, antiquated, antique, elderly, old, old-fashioned, older, out-of-date, relic, rusty, timeworn, venerable, age-old, lot of mileage, oldie, very old |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corpse |
| Synonyms: | ashes, cadaver, carcass, carrion, clay, dead body, deceased, dust, relic, remains, stiff*, bones, corpus delicti |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | old |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obsolete, outdated |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, crumbling, dated, decayed, done, early, erstwhile, former, hackneyed*, immemorial, late, moth-eaten*, old-fashioned, old-time, once, onetime, original, out-of-date, outmoded, passé, past, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, quondam, relic, remote, rusty, sometime, stale, superannuated, traditional, unfashionable, unoriginal, venerable, worn-out, age-old, cast-off, demode, of old, of yore, olden, oldfangled, time-worn |
| Antonyms: | contemporary, current, fresh, late, modern, new, recent, up-to-date |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remembrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift, testimonial |
| Synonyms: | commemoration, favor, keepsake, memento, memorial, monument, present, relic, reminder, reward, souvenir, token, trophy, remembrancer |
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