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residuals Synonyms

Another word for residuals

Choosing another word for residuals depends on context, so the synonyms and similar words below are separated across 3 exact definitions and ranked by match strength.
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• noun (Context 1)

Ongoing payments made to actors, directors, writers, or other creators for subsequent reruns, syndication, streaming, or reuse of a recorded work.

Usage Example

"The veteran actor still receives steady royalties from the sitcom he filmed twenty years ago."

Strongest
royalties

• noun (Context 2)

In statistics and mathematics, the differences between observed values and the corresponding values predicted by a statistical model.

Usage Example

"The data scientist plotted the deviations to verify whether the linear regression model was an appropriate fit."

Strong
deviations
Weak
errors

• noun (Context 3)

Quantities, substances, or traces that remain after the greater part or a main process has been completed or removed.

Usage Example

"Laboratory technicians tested the soil samples for chemical residues left behind by agricultural runoff."

Strongest
residues
remnants
Strong
remainders
leftovers
traces

• Nearby Words

residentially
residual
residually
residuals
residue
resign
resignation

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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Residuals. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/residuals
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