leftoverEnglishOxford American Thesaurusleftover noun 1 she looks like a leftover from Woodstock in her flowery dress: residue, survivor, legacy, vestige, trace. 2 (leftovers) she saves leftovers in a plastic container: leavings, uneaten food, remainder, unused supplies, scraps, remnants, remains, scourings, slops, crumbs, dregs; excess, surplus, overage; rejects, offcuts, tail ends, odds and ends, bits and bobs, oddments.adjective leftover food: remaining, left; uneaten, unconsumed; excess, surplus, superfluous, extra, additional, unused, unwanted, spare, in reserve, excessive; residual, surviving.