Word.ws English Dictionary

for the rest

for the rest prepositional phrase: as far as the rest is concerned.

Prepositional phrase

  1. As far as the rest is concerned.

Forms of for the rest

alternative formas for the rest

Questions about for the rest

What does for the rest mean?
For the rest means as far as the rest is concerned.
What part of speech is for the rest?
For the rest is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for the rest in the dictionary

  1. for the most part
  2. for the nonce
  3. for the plot
  4. for the present
  5. for the record
  6. for the rest
  7. for the sake of
  8. for the taking
  9. for the time
  10. for the time being
  11. for the want of

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: for the rest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “for the rest.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/for_the_rest. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.