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   no longer active; extinguished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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How to use extinction in a sentence?

1. Lucretius:

   There is no place in nature for extinction.

2. Bob Sargent:

   This species, our national symbol, since 1782, was on the brink of extinction, and to see it come back the way it has, it’s an inspiring story all the way around.

3. Andrew Pask:

   The technologies we are developing to de-extinct the thylacine all have immediate conservation benefits -- right now -- to protect marsupial species. Biobanks of frozen tissue from living marsupial populations have been collected to protect against extinction from fires, however, we still lack the technology to take that tissue -- create marsupial stem cells -- and then turn those cells into a living animal. That is the technology we will develop as a part of this project.

4. 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.

5. Zoltan Csiki-Sava:

   Data collection concerning end-Cretaceous dinosaurs happened to start at about the same time in both Europe and North America – around the middle of the 19th century, it is only by chance (a combination between mainly better rock availability and more human effort poured into this line of research) that the North American fossil record grew more rapidly and soon become the best one in the world for that particular time period. As such, it captured attention and was used as a template to understand end-Cretaceous extinction. The data was harder to gather in other continents, including Europe, and the resolution of the European fossil record is still far from that coming from North America. But its growth is spectacular (we know probably twice as much about late Cretaceous fossil vertebrates from Europe then we knew like 20 years ago), and that is due to the activity of a large number of mainly young researchers working all across Europe.