remnant

Other forms of remnant

plural

remnants·

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 remnant

What does remnant mean?

remnant 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 remnant?

remnant has 2 syllables: rem-nant. The stress falls on "rem". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛmnənt/.

What is another word for remnant?

Close synonyms include leftover, end, remainder, oddment. 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 remnant a common word?

remnant 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.