vestige

Noun

Meaning

The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mark sign trace token memorial echo left end evidence memory relic pug track print remainder
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Antonyms

foundation beginning cause source base basis
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Hypernyms

indication indicant

Hyponyms

footprint

Examples

No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling, even if it be only the faintest shadow - and if it does not do so it is bad art and false morals. Kenneth Clark

We find no vestige of a beginning - no prospect of an end. James Hutton

Lying in a featherbed will not bring you fame, nor staying beneath the quilt, and he who uses up his life without achieving fame leaves no more vestige of himself on earth than smoke in the air or foam upon the water. Dante Alighieri

Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as "a wise Latina" trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism. Camille Paglia

As the sun outshines the brightest star in the heavens, dispels every vestige of darkness and gives life and light to all beings, so, in a not too distant future, will the true religion of Christ supersede and obliterate all other religions, to the eternal benefit of mankind. Max Heindel

I'm not going to sit here now and say 'do this,' or 'do that.' But you must - must - expunge any vestige of racism. A. Bartlett Giamatti

Close letter words and terms

vestibulum vestigal structure vestigate vestigial vestigial sideband vestigial structure