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   no longer active; extinguished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

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

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

6. extinction, extinguishing, quenchingnoun

   the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning

   "the extinction of the lights"

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

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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1. William Bottke:

   We can now apply this technique to study the surfaces of other planets to find out if they might also show more impacts, our findings also have implications for the history of life, which is punctuated by extinction events and rapid evolution of new species. Though the forces driving these events are complicated, asteroid impacts have surely played a role in this ongoing saga.

2. Mike Garrity:

   This is not a recovery plan, it is an extinction plan.

3. Dale Jamieson:

   Lithium looks good now. How will lithium look in 10 years ? we do know that extinction is forever.

4. Greta Thunberg:

   People are suffering, people are dying, entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth.

5. Brian Hook:

   His crime ? Trying to save an endangered species from extinction, apparently the Iranian regime is unable to distinguish between saving animals from committing espionage.