n. 1 hint, intimation, sign, token, suggestion, touch, vestige, indication, mark, record, evidence, clue There wasn't any trace of the intruders 2 bit, spot, speck, jot, drop, dash, suspicion, remnant, tinge, soupçon, iota, whiff, suggestion, trifle The traces of mud on the suspect's shoes proved he had been there 3 Often, traces. track(s), trail, spoor, footprint(s), print(s), footmark(s) They were following the traces of a buffalo
v. 4 dog, pursue, follow (in the footsteps of), stalk, track (down), shadow, trail, Colloq tail We traced him to a seedy hotel in Caracas 5 investigate, discover, ascertain, detect, determine, find, seek, search for, hunt down or up, unearth, track Have you traced her whereabouts? I am able to trace my ancestry back to the time of the First Crusade 6 delineate, outline, copy, draw, map, chart, mark (out), record, reproduce, sketch We traced Marco Polo's route to China and back