vestige

1. 1.

   an indication that something has been present

   “there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim”

   “a tincture of condescension”

   Synonymstracetinctureshadow

   Broaderindication

   Narrowerfootprint

Other forms of vestige

plural

vestiges·

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 vestige

What does vestige mean?

vestige means "an indication that something has been present".

How many syllables are in vestige?

vestige has 2 syllables: ves-tige. The stress falls on "ves". In IPA it is /ˈvɛstɪdʒ/.

What is another word for vestige?

Close synonyms include trace, tincture, shadow. 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 vestige a common word?

vestige 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.