EXTINCT


Meaning of EXTINCT in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: dead 1, asleep, cold, deceased, defunct, departed, exanimate, late, lifeless, unanimated

2.

that has died out altogether

an extinct civilization

Synonyms: bygone, dead, defunct, departed, gone, lost, vanished

Related Word: nonexistent; collapsed, fallen, overthrown; disappeared

Idioms: gone from the face of the earth

Contrasted words: existent, existing, living; active; contemporary, current

Antonyms: extant

3.

Synonyms: obsolete , dead, disused, outmoded, outworn, passé, superseded

Related Word: antiquated, archaic, old-fashioned

Contrasted words: modern; contemporary

Antonyms: current

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