left over

Questions about left over

What does left over mean?

left over means "not used up".

What is another word for left over?

Close synonyms include leftover, left, odd, remaining, unexpended. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is left over a common word?

left over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.