vestigenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈves.tɪdʒ/us/ˈves.tɪdʒ/formala small part or amount of something larger, stronger, or more important that still exists from something that existed in the past:
These old buildings are the last vestiges of a colonial past.
There is now no vestige of hope that the missing children will be found alive.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Things remaining
- (and) all the rest idiom
- balance
- bastion
- cutpiece
- deposit
- dregs
- for the rest idiom
- ground
- relic
- remainder
- remains
- remnant
- residual
- residue
- rest
- rump
- the shirt off sb's back idiom
- throwback
- time capsule
- wreckage
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