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Defenition of the word extinct

    • Defenition of the word extinct

      • Of an species of organisms that no longer exist alive.
      • of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "faint smoke from the extinguished candle"; "the fire is out"; "the quenched flames"
      • of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
      • 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"
      • of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
      • (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
      • being out or having grown cold
      • no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives

    Synonyms for the word extinct

      • dead
      • destroyed
      • died out
      • extinguished
      • inactive
      • lacklustre
      • nonextant
      • obsolete
      • out
      • quenched
      • vanished
      • wiped out

    Similar words in the extinct

      • dead
      • extinct
      • extincted
      • extincting
      • extinctions
      • extincts
      • nonexistent

    Antonyms for the word extinct

      • active
      • dormant
      • extant
      • inactive

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