residuary

1. 1.

   entitled to the residue of an estate (after payment of debts and specific gifts)

   “the residuary part of the estate”

   “the residuary beneficiary”

   law

2. 2.

   relating to or indicating a remainder

   “residual quantity”

   Synonymsresidual

Questions about residuary

What does residuary mean?

residuary means "entitled to the residue of an estate (after payment of debts and specific gifts)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in residuary?

residuary has 5 syllables: re-si-du-a-ry. The stress falls on "du".

What is another word for residuary?

Close synonyms include residual. 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 residuary a common word?

residuary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.