Synonyms for EXTINCT
ɪkˈstɪŋktex·tinct

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1. extinctadjective

   Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)

   Poor Edward's cigarillo was already extinct.

   Antonyms:
   burning

2. extinctadjective

   The dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.

   Antonyms:
   extant

3. extinctadjective

   Synonyms:
   dormant

   Antonyms:
   active

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1. extinct, nonextantadjective

   no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives

   "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"

   Synonyms:
   out(p), nonextant, extinct

   Antonyms:
   surviving, living, live, alive, extant, active

2. extinctadjective

   (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive

   "an extinct volcano"

   Synonyms:
   out(p), nonextant

   Antonyms:
   living, extant, active, live, surviving, alive

3. extinct, out(p)adjective

   being out or having grown cold

   "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"

   Antonyms:
   alive, active, live, living, extant, surviving

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. extinctadjective

   Synonyms:
   extinguished, quenched, put out

2. extinctadjective

   Synonyms:
   ended, terminated, closed, brought to an end, no longer existing

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1. List of paraphrases for "extinct":

   extirpated, missing, disappeared, gone, vanished, extinguishment

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1. Scott Sandford:

   I don't think that there are many people who are trying to detect life in meteorites. Most of us are trying to detect prebiotic organics in meteorites — that is, molecules that may have played a role in helping life get started on Earth. While there are some folks that think they've detected signs of extinct life in meteorites, I have not so far found their arguments to be very compelling.

2. Tokuo Hayakawa:

   This region will definitely go extinct.

3. Kenneth Feld:

   If we didn’t do it, the elephants would go extinct in North America, likely in 25 years or less.

4. Chris Stringer:

   This in turn may reinforce the idea that the successful spread of modern humans from Africa after about 60,000 years ago played at least a role, if not the most significant role, in the physical extinction of other forms of humans outside of Africa, however, at least some of those other forms of human did not go completely extinct, since their DNA lives on in us today through ancient interbreeding between the archaic and early modern populations. This leaves open the fascinating possibility that even floresiensis might have contributed some of its DNA to living groups in the region, if there was at least a short overlap between floresiensis and sapiens about 50,000 years ago.

5. Nina Pasqualini:

   I'm worried about all the weather disasters. Everytime we have huge a bushfire here another animal might go extinct, the government isn't doing as much as it should. It's just scary for younger generations.