Extinct

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. No longer existing or living: an extinct species.
  • adj. No longer burning or active: an extinct volcano.
  • adj. No longer in use: an extinct custom. See Synonyms at dead.
  • adj. Law Lacking a claimant; void: an extinct title.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)
  • adj. No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.
  • adj. No longer in existence; having died out.
  • adj. No longer actively erupting.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Extinguished; put out; quenched
  • adj. Without a survivor; without force; dead
  • adj. Once existing as a species but now having no living members; -- used of species of living organisms, especially of animals and plants.
  • v. To cause to be extinct.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Extinguished; put out; quenched.
  • Having ceased; being at an end; out of existence or out of force; terminated: as, an extinct family or race; an extinct law.
  • n. Extinction.
  • To put out; destroy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. being out or having grown cold
  • adj. no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
  • adj. (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
  • Equivalent
    dead   
    Antonym
    extant   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    extinguished    quenched    dead   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    blinked    distinct    indistinct    interlinked    linked    succinct    winked   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    obsolete    indigenous    carnivorous    prehistoric    dormant    aquatic    nonexistent    inaccessible    mythical    fossil