Evidence
Trace
Trace noun - A mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it.
Usage example: the wolf came and went without leaving a trace on the hard, dry ground
Evidence is a synonym for trace in mark topic. Sometimes you can use "Evidence" instead a noun "Trace", if it concerns topics such as vestige.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| physical | physical evidence | physical trace |
| visible | visible evidence | visible trace |
| real | real evidence | real trace |
| little | little evidence | little trace |
| Other adjectives: possible, definitive, remaining. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The main court-admissible evidence of someone's presence at the crime scene is "genetic trace", which is unique for every person.
Source: Literature / Black Man - The great pyramid has been desecrated, and the explosion's left no evidence to trace the crime to us.
Source: Xanatos Speed Chess -
Unperson: You — it's heavily implied that sometime during or after the events of the ending, SpaceChem expunged every last trace of evidence of your employment.
Source: Video Game / SpaceChem
Cite this Source
Trace and Evidence. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/evidence/trace
Evidence & Trace. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/evidence/trace>.
Trace or Evidence. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/evidence/trace.
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