leftover

Other forms of leftover

plural

leftovers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about leftover

What does leftover mean?

leftover means "a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in leftover?

leftover has 3 syllables: lef-to-ver. The stress falls on "lef". In IPA it is /ˈlɛfˌtoʊvɚ/.

What is another word for leftover?

Close synonyms include remnant, left over, left, odd, remaining. 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 leftover a common word?

leftover is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.