What does vestige mean?
Vestige means A mark left on the earth by a foot..
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/ˈvɛs.tɪd͡ʒ/ · noun
A mark left on the earth by a foot..
the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra
vestiges of former population
The result, therefore, of this physical inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning,— no prospect of an end.
Her face was without a vestige of colour, but it only showed more strongly the perfect outline of her features. Pale she was, but not like a statue; it was a human paleness—passionate and painful.
Nevertheless in some cases, my original view, that the points are vestiges of the tips of formerly erect and pointed ears, still seems to me probable.
Only ragged vestiges of glass remained in its windows, and great sheets of the green facing had fallen away from the corroded metallic framework.
The chief remains of the Roman Calagurris are the vestiges of an aqueduct and an amphitheatre.
The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
Use vestige when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Vestige means A mark left on the earth by a foot..
Common synonyms include relic, remains, remnant, residue.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra
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