Synonyms for residual
rɪˈzɪdʒ u əlresid·u·al

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1. residualadjective

   Synonyms:
   residuary

2. residualadjective

   Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.

   Synonyms:
   residuary

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1. remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, restnoun

   something left after other parts have been taken away

   "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"

   Synonyms:
   remainder, relief, counterbalance, end, quietus, difference, relaxation, symmetry, equaliser, ease, balance, proportion, residuum, rest, repose, equalizer, counterweight, rest period, eternal sleep, residue, sleep, counterpoise, equilibrium, remnant, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, oddment, balance wheel, proportionality, eternal rest, respite

2. residualadjective

   (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing

   "he could retire on his residuals"

   Synonyms:
   residue, remainder, rest, residuum, balance

3. residual, residuaryadjective

   relating to or indicating a remainder

   "residual quantity"

   Synonyms:
   residuary

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1. residualadjective

   Synonyms:
   remaining

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1. List of paraphrases for "residual":

   remaining, residues, residuals, residue, residuary, salvage, remnant, suppletive, waste, tailings, survival, surplus

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1. Ryan Sweet:

   I would not lose sleep over first-quarter GDP, there is the residual seasonality issue, overall the economy is doing very well and will continue to do well this year and into 2019.

2. Philip Holloway:

   Sometimes people have residual doubt in the back of their minds about whether or not death is the right sentence.

3. Mike Verden:

   This is absolutely tangible proof of fallout from defunding Cleveland Police, defunding Cleveland Police has these types of residual effects – you have a decrease in staffing. So, the less police you have, the less coverage you have. And the less coverage you have, the more crime you have. While some carjacking incidents result in vehicles being sold on the black market to be stripped down for their parts, there's been more of an increase in the Midwest of those vehicles taken in carjacking being then used to commit other crimes, such as smash-and-grab robberies, Verden said. He said other crimes, like home burglaries, are down because more people are home during the pandemic.

4. John Brooks:

   We can safely reduce the length of quarantine, but accepting there is a small residual risk that a person who is leaving quarantine early could transmit to someone else if they became infectious.

5. Mickey Karram:

   In my 15 patients, 13 were basically cured and felt that all of their symptoms had resolved. Two of the patients had a few residual symptoms, but had significant improvement.