All vestigial synonyms
ves·tig·i·al
V v adjective vestigial
- atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- nonliterate — preliterate.
- functionless — Lacking a function.
- abecedarian — a person who is learning the alphabet or the rudiments of a subject
adj vestigial
- latent — present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential: latent ability.
- larval — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- brutish — If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
- atavistic — Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors.