Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun remainder

4 senses of remainder

Sense 1
remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest -- (something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance")
       => part, portion, component part, component, constituent -- (something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton")

Sense 2
remainder -- (the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor)
       => number -- (a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence")

Sense 3
remainder, difference -- (the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend)
       => number -- (a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence")

Sense 4
end, remainder, remnant, oddment -- (a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold)
       => piece of cloth, piece of material -- (a separate part consisting of fabric)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb remainder

1 sense of remainder

Sense 1
remainder -- (sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the books")
       => sell -- (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit")