'Extinct' definitions:
Definition of 'extinct'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: extinct, nonextant] [ant: extant]
adjective
(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano" [ant: active]
adjective
Being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out" [syn: extinct, out(p)]
Definition of 'Extinct'
From: GCIDE
- Extinct \Ex*tinct"\, a. [L. extinctus, exstinctus, p. p. of extinguere, exstinguere. See Extinguish.]
- 1. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano. [1913 Webster]
- Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Specifically: Once existing as a species but now having no living members; -- used of species of living organisms, especially of animals and plants; as, dinosaurs are now extinct; the dodo bird is extinct. [PJC]
Definition of 'Extinct'
From: GCIDE
- Extinct \Ex*tinct"\, v. t. To cause to be extinct. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'extinct'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ago,
- all bets off,
- all gone,
- all off,
- all over,
- all up,
- ancient,
- annihilated,
- antediluvian,
- antiquated,
- antique,
- archaic,
- asleep,
- at an end,
- away,
- blown over,
- by,
- bygone,
- bypast,
- canceled,
- cold,
- collapsed,
- complete,
- concluded,
- dated,
- dead,
- dead and buried,
- deceased,
- decided,
- defunct,
- deleted,
- demode,
- departed,
- disappeared,
- disused,
- done,
- done for,
- done with,
- dormant,
- down the drain,
- elapsed,
- ended,
- exanimate,
- expired,
- expunged,
- extinguished,
- fallen,
- fini,
- finished,
- forgotten,
- gone,
- gone away,
- gone glimmering,
- gone out,
- gone-by,
- had it,
- has-been,
- inactive,
- irrecoverable,
- kaput,
- kaputt,
- lapsed,
- late,
- lifeless,
- lost,
- lost to sight,
- lost to view,
- missing,
- no more,
- nonexistent,
- obsolete,
- old hat,
- old-fashioned,
- out,
- out of date,
- out of sight,
- out of style,
- out of use,
- outmoded,
- outworn,
- over,
- overthrown,
- passe,
- passed,
- passed away,
- past,
- past and gone,
- perfected,
- perished,
- quenched,
- run out,
- set at rest,
- settled,
- shot,
- SOL,
- superseded,
- terminated,
- through,
- through with,
- unanimated,
- vanished,
- washed up,
- wiped out,
- wound up,
- zapped