Antonyms for extinct


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ik-stingkt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstɪŋkt


Definition of extinct

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin extinctus/exstinctus, past participle of extinguere/exstinguere (see extinguish). Originally of fires; the sense of the condition of "dying out" of a family or a hereditary title, 1580s; of species by 1768. Cf. extinction.
  • adj dead, obsolete
Example sentences :
  • An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • An extinct pachyderm that flourished when the Pterodactyl was in fashion.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Where there is desire, there must be discontent: if we are satisfied with all things, desire is extinct.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Who could be sure that the old megalosauri, and megalichthys were extinct?
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • He looks exhausted, care-worn, spiritless, (p. 242) extinct.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • This must also have been the case with the pithecanthropoids and other extinct transitory forms.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • That is the sense in which I meant to use the word "extinct."
  • Extract from : « The Past Condition of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • And the marvels of extinct nations can not hold a candle to the marvels of Nature.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • In Italy it was extinct; and it was to become so, too, in Spain within the century.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cesare Borgia » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Does Scotland go on vapouring about an extinct nationality or the right of the Stuarts?
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

Synonyms for extinct

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