residue

Other forms of residue

plural

residues·

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 residue

What does residue mean?

residue means "matter that remains after something has been removed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in residue?

residue has 3 syllables: res-i-due. The stress falls on "res". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛzəˌdu/.

What is another word for residue?

Close synonyms include remainder, balance, residual, residuum, rest. 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 residue a common word?

residue 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.

What rhymes with residue?

21 words rhyme with residue. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.