Dictionary Entry

residual

residual is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken.
2noun
The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula.
3noun
The difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them.
4noun
(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
"he could retire on his residuals"
5noun
something left after other parts have been taken away
"there was no remainder"
"he threw away the rest"
Synonyms
balance remainder residue residuum rest
6adjective
relating to or indicating a remainder
"residual quantity"
Synonyms
residuary

Synonyms

balance remainder residue residuum rest residuary

Common word forms

residuals residually

Words from these letters

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