extinct
Meaning of extinct
adjective
- (of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants) having no living members; no longer in existence.
trilobites and dinosaurs are extinct
the red wolf became extinct in the wild in 1980
we might one day resurrect extinct species
- (of a volcano) not having erupted in recorded history.
the islands are the remains of extinct volcanoes
late Middle English (in the sense ‘no longer alight’): from Latin exstinct- ‘extinguished’, from the verb exstinguere (see extinguish).
Information about extinct
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of extinct is: extincts.
- Languages in which extinct is used:
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Hyphenation of extinct
ex-tinct
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- extinct is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
extinct synonyms
Meaning nonextant:
Meaning out:
Meaning disappear suddenly and completely:
Meaning unable to find one's way; not knowing one's whereabouts:
Meaning no longer alive:
Meaning no longer existing or functioning:
Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:
Meaning destroy completely:
Meaning no longer present; departed:
Meaning not engaging in or involving any or much physical activity:
Meaning dating from far back; long-established or known:
Meaning having previously been a particular thing:
extinct antonyms
Meaning still in existence; surviving:
Meaning alive:
Meaning engaging or ready to engage in physically energetic pursuits:
Meaning (of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep:
Translation of extinct
- Spanish: extinto, extinguido
- Italian: estinto
- German: ausgestorben
- Portuguese: extincto, extinto
- French: éteint, disparu
Words that rhyme with extinct
cinct, circumcinct, discinct, precinct, procinct, succinct, uncinct, unsuccinct, depeinct, peinct, contradistinct, counterdistinct, distinct, indistinct, inextinct, instinct, intinct, nonextinct, predistinct, semiextinct, tinct, undistinct, unextinct, untinct, devinct
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