RESIDUAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does residual mean?
• RESIDUAL (noun)
The noun RESIDUAL has 2 senses:
1. something left after other parts have been taken away
2. (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing
Familiarity information: RESIDUAL used as a noun is rare.
• RESIDUAL (adjective)
The adjective RESIDUAL has 1 sense:
1. relating to or indicating a remainder
Familiarity information: RESIDUAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RESIDUAL (noun)
Meaning:
Something left after other parts have been taken away
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
remainder; residual; residuum; rest; residue; balance
Context examples:
there was no remainder / he threw away the rest / he took what he wanted and I got the balance
Hypernyms ("residual" is a kind of...):
component; component part; part; portion (something determined in relation to something that includes it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "residual"):
leftover; remnant (a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists)
Meaning:
(often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Context example:
he could retire on his residuals
Hypernyms ("residual" is a kind of...):
payment (a sum of money paid)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
• RESIDUAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Relating to or indicating a remainder
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
residual; residuary
Context example:
residual quantity
Pertainym:
residue (matter that remains after something has been removed)
