Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun holdover
2 senses of holdover
Sense 1
holdover, hangover -- (an official who remains in office after his term)
=> official, functionary -- (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
Sense 2
hangover, holdover -- (something that has survived from the past; "a holdover from the sixties"; "hangovers from the 19th century")
=> survival -- (something that survives)