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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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

   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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "extinct":

   extirpated, missing, disappeared, gone, vanished, extinguishment

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1. Justice Antonin Scalia:

   [T]he enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table.... Undoubtedly some think that the Second Amendment is outmoded in a society where our standing army is the pride of our Nation, where well-trained police forces provide personal security, and where gun violence is a serious problem. That is perhaps debatable, but what is not debatable is that it is not the role of this Court to pronounce the Second Amendment extinct.

2. Ray Jansen:

   At the rate at which pangolins are being traded and poached, it could take two decades for the mammal to be extinct.

3. 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.

4. Jeff Corwin:

   It's not all that different to the American California condors. You know, the California condor just a few decades ago was reduced to being nearly extinct in the wild. Now [there are] around 500-plus wild condors, but it's a highly managed population. It requires a lot of micromanagement to ensure that they survive in the wild, and, this will likely be the same in Australia … because Australia is the poster child as the Tasmanian devil is the poster child for incredible natural wonder and shocking environmental catastrophe.

5. Natasha Robinson:

   The less time that has passed, the more likely that environment is the same as when the species went extinct, but you still need to address the reason why it went extinct in that environment to begin with.