'Extant' definitions:
Definition of 'extant'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Extant'
From: GCIDE
- Extant \Ex"tant\, a. [L. extans, -antis, or exstans, -antis, p. pr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare to stand: cf. F. extant. See Stand.]
- 1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded. [1913 Webster]
- That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
- A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding. [1913 Webster]
- Writings that were extant at that time. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
- The extant portraits of this great man. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Publicly known; conspicuous. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'extant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actual,
- alive,
- around,
- as is,
- being,
- contemporaneous,
- contemporary,
- current,
- existent,
- existing,
- fresh,
- immanent,
- immediate,
- in being,
- in effect,
- in existence,
- in force,
- instant,
- latest,
- living,
- modern,
- new,
- on foot,
- present,
- present-age,
- present-day,
- present-time,
- prevalent,
- running,
- subsistent,
- subsisting,
- that be,
- that is,
- topical,
- under the sun,
- up-to-date,
- up-to-the-minute