| Main Entry: | relic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something saved from the past |
Synonyms: |
antique, antiquity, archaism, artifact, curio, curiosity, evidence, fragment, heirloom, keepsake, memento, memorial, monument, remains, remembrance, remembrancer, reminder, remnant, residue, ruins, scrap, souvenir, survival, testimonial, token, trace, trophy, vestige |
| 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: | antiquity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | old object |
Synonyms: |
antique, relic, ruin |
| Main Entry: | ash(es) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remains of burning |
Synonyms: |
charcoal, cinders, dust, embers, powder, relics, remains, ruins, slag, soot |
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corpse |
Synonyms: |
ashes, bones, cadaver, carcass, carrion, clay, corpus delicti, dead body, deceased, dust, relic, remains, stiff* |
| Main Entry: | fossil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organic remains of a previous time |
Synonyms: |
deposit, eolith, impression, neolith, paleolith, petrifaction, reconstruction, relic, skeleton, specimen, trace |
| 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, remembrancer, reminder, token, trace, trophy, vestige |
| Main Entry: | memorabilia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mementos |
Synonyms: |
annals, archives, collectibles, keepsakes, relics, remembrances, reminders, souvenirs, tokens, trophies |
| Notes: | collectibles are items collected by people because they like them or regard them as representative mementos of a time past; memorabilia is another word to describe the latter |
| Main Entry: | memorial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monument, testimonial in honor, praise |
Synonyms: |
cairn, ceremony, column, headstone, inscription, keepsake, mausoleum, memento, monolith, obelisk, pillar, plaque, record, relic, remembrance, reminder, shaft, slab, souvenir, statue, stele, tablet, token, tombstone, trophy |