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vestige
Meaning: a small remaining trace of something that has disappeared
vestige in a sentence
How vestige is used in real sentences:
Only a vestige of the ancient wall remained beside the road.
The ruined stone arch was the final vestige of the old monastery.
“She salvaged a vestige of the demolished platform canopy, one riveted iron bracket, and placed it beside the gleaming sheets as a witness to what progress had removed.”
— from the passage Against the Metal
Synonyms for vestige
Other words for vestige — trace, remnant and relic — carry the same meaning.
- trace
- remnant
- relic
Antonyms of vestige
Words that mean the opposite of vestige:
- entirety
- whole
Where it comes from
From Latin vestigium, meaning 'footprint or trace.'
Memory hook
VESTIGE begins like VEST: a scrap of an old vest is a small remnant.