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Synonyms for extinct
ɪkˈstɪŋktex·tinct
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Wiktionary
Princeton's WordNet
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"
extinctadjective
(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
"an extinct volcano"
extinct, out(p)adjective
being out or having grown cold
"threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
extinctadjective
Synonyms:
extinguished, quenched, put outextinctadjective
Synonyms:
ended, terminated, closed, brought to an end, no longer existing
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "extinct":
extirpated, missing, disappeared, gone, vanished, extinguishment
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2246 | missing | |
#2332 | gone | |
#11963 | disappeared | |
#22651 | extinct | |
#23553 | vanished | |
#26145 | dormant | |
#89722 | extinguishment | |
#108874 | extirpated |
How to use extinct in a sentence?
We've discovered that the parasite causing African sleeping sickness has existed for thousands of years without having sex and is now suffering the consequences of this strategy, theoretically ... the predicted consequence of this is that it will become extinct in the long-term.
Yakutia has yielded some of the most impressive extinct frozen animals to date.
Amphibians are declining so rapidly that scientists are oftentimes describing new species from museum specimens because the animals have already gone extinct in the wild, and very recently.
They are putting in the right pieces to keep this animal from going extinct.
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.
Translations for extinct
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- измрял, изгасналBulgarian
- extintCatalan, Valencian
- vyhynulý, vyhaslý, vymřelýCzech
- uddødDanish
- aussterben, erloschenGerman
- formortintaEsperanto
- extintoSpanish
- منقرضPersian
- poistunut, sammunut, kadonnut, sukupuuttoon kuollutFinnish
- útdeyðurFaroese
- éteintFrench
- כבויHebrew
- kihalt, kialudt, megszűnt, elhamvadtHungarian
- մարած, վերացած, հանգածArmenian
- 死に絶える, 廃れる, 消える, 死ぬ, 絶滅Japanese
- mati, pupusMalay
- in onbruik, slapend, dood, uitgestorven, uit, uitgedoofdDutch
- utdøddNorwegian
- martwy, zagasły, wymarły, wygasłyPolish
- ultrapassado, obsoleto, extintoPortuguese
- угасший, устаревший, вымерший, потухшийRussian
- vymretý, vyhynutýSlovak
- släckt, utdöd, slocknadSwedish
- söndürülmekTurkish
- 绝种Chinese
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