Synonyms for remains
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1. remains

   Body denotes the entire physical structure, considered as a whole, of man or animal; form looks upon it as a thing of shape and outline, perhaps of beauty; frame regards it as supported by its bony framework; system views it as an assemblage of many related and harmonious organs. Body, form, frame, and system may be either dead or living; clay and dust are sometimes so used in religious or poetic style, tho ordinarily these words are used only of the dead. Corpse and remains are used only of the dead. Corpse is the plain technical word for a dead body still retaining its unity; remains may be used after any lapse of time; the latter is also the more refined and less ghastly term; as, friends are invited to view the remains. Carcass applies only to the body of an animal, or of a human being regarded with contempt and loathing. Compare COMPANY.

   Synonyms:
   ashes, body, carcass, clay, corpse, dust, form, frame, system, trunk

   Antonyms:
   intellect, intelligence, mind, soul, spirit

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1. remainsnoun

   any object that is left unused or still extant

   "I threw out the remains of my dinner"

   Synonyms:
   corpse, stiff, cadaver, clay

2. cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remainsnoun

   the dead body of a human being

   "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

   Synonyms:
   the Great Compromiser, remains, corpse, stiff, cadaver, mud, clay

Matched Categories

1. • Dead Body
   • Object

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1. remainsnoun

   Synonyms:
   relics, remnants, scraps, fragments, leavings, remainder, refuse, odds and ends

2. remainsnoun

   Synonyms:
   CORPSE, CORSE, CARCASS, dead body

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1. remainsnoun

   Synonyms:
   relics, debris, remnants, corpse

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1. List of paraphrases for "remains":

   rest, continues, remnants, stays, remainder, stay, remain, remained, vestiges, persists, is, still, maintains, follows, retains, leftovers, keeps, subtracts

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How to use remains in a sentence?

1. Alan Klein:

   The full effect of Brexit remains to be seen, deals that make strong strategic sense will continue to move forward in the second half of the year.

2. Nana Sechere:

   I am currently in Istanbul. The situation remains the same, Christian Atsu is yet to be found. Unless I see Christian, or speak with him, I have no further updates.

3. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty:

   The study of her remains shows the typical destructive damage provoked by the extension of a breast cancer as a metastasis.

4. Charlie Scharf:

   The OCC's actions today point to work we must continue to do to address significant, longstanding deficiencies, building an appropriate risk and control infrastructure has been and remains Wells Fargo's top priority.

5. David Rubincam:

   David Rubincam remains certain about the radical motivation of the then-imam from Mohamed Ibrahim. David Rubincam’s an extremist religious zealot of the worst kind … David Rubincam went to the University of al-Madinah in Saudi Arabia. David Rubincam was educated as an Islamic religious scholar. mohamed Ibrahim was over here to raise money through the Hawala system of -- of money transfer to fund them overseas and to recruit people to their cause to actually go back to Somalia to take up arms or go into Ethiopia and take up arms.