Synonyms for Extinction
ɪkˈstɪŋk ʃənex·tinc·tion

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. extinction

   Synonyms:
   destruction, stifling, suffocation, death, cessation, annihilation, obsolescence

   Antonyms:
   origination, inception, planting, birth, fife, course, operation, action, exercise, prosperity, continuance, survival

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. extinctionnoun

   no longer active; extinguished

   "the extinction of the volcano"

   Synonyms:
   extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishing

2. extinction, defunctnessnoun

   no longer in existence

   "the extinction of a species"

   Synonyms:
   extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishing, extinction

3. extinctionnoun

   the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation

   Synonyms:
   extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishing

4. extinction, exterminationnoun

   complete annihilation

   "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"

   Synonyms:
   extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, liquidation, extinguishing, extinction

5. extinction, experimental extinctionnoun

   a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus

   Synonyms:
   extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishing, extinction

6. extinction, extinguishing, quenchingnoun

   the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning

   "the extinction of the lights"

   Synonyms:
   extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishing, extinction

Matched Categories

1. • Conditioning
   • Death
   • Inaction
   • Natural Process
   • Termination

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. extinctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   extinguishment

2. extinctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   destruction, annihilation, extirpation, extermination, excision, abolition, abolishment

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "extinction":

   extinguishment, disappearance, extinguishing, termination, quenching, sunset, lapse, quench, demise, extirpation, disappearing, extermination, suppression, disappear, annihilation

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How to use Extinction in a sentence?

1. Randall Irmis:

   These formations were thought to preserve ecosystems that were recovering from this mass extinction event, if they are actually later in the time like The Chaares Formation, then it tell us they have very little to do with this recovery.

2. Felix Grewe:

   It's interesting to reaffirm that what people have been thinking for nearly 100 years is true, that this was a species driven to extinction by human activities, when this butterfly was collected 93 years ago, nobody was thinking about sequencing its DNA. That's why we have to keep collecting, for researchers 100 years in the future.

3. Paul Drechsler:

   There is a risk that the auto industry in the UK faces extinction if there's no customs union after Brexit.

4. Kaela Bamberger:

   We are in the face of a mass extinction event, science tells us we are, that the implications of climate change are extremely wide-ranging and would cause mass suffering on a huge scale. The momentary inconvenience experienced by commuters has to be seen alongside the situation that were in.

5. Extinction Rebellion:

   Extinction Rebellion's latest target is McKinsey & Co, the world's leading management consultants, high priests of global capitalism, xR is demanding that McKinsey use its enormous influence over governments and business to effect drastic reduction of global carbon emissions and prevent the worst effects of climate breakdown.