Extinct

Adjective

 * 1)  Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)
 * Poor Edward's cigarillo was already extinct.
 * 1) No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.
 * Luckily, such ideas about race are extinct in current sociological theory.
 * 1) No longer in existence; having died out.
 * The dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.
 * 1)  No longer actively erupting.
 * Most of the volcanos on this island are now extinct.

Synonyms

 * dormant

Antonyms

 * burning
 * extant
 * active

Related terms

 * extinction
 * extinctive
 * extinguish

Thesaurus
SOL, 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lifeless, lost, lost to sight, lost to view, missing, no more, nonexistent, obsolete, old hat, old-fashioned, out, out of date, out of sight, out of style, out of use, outmoded, outworn, over, overthrown, passe, passed, passed away, past, past and gone, perfected, perished, quenched, run out, set at rest, settled, shot, superseded, terminated, through, through with, unanimated, vanished, washed up, wiped out, wound up, zapped

Etymology
Recorded since 1432; < extinctus:, the past participle of extinguere:, corresponding to ex-: + stinguere:

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: erloschen
 * Hebrew: כבוי


 * Hungarian:, elhamvadt
 * Polish: wygasły, zagasły
 * Russian: потухший, угасший
 * Swedish: släckt, slocknad
 * Turkish: söndürülmek


 * Dutch: in onbruik
 * Finnish: kadonnut, poistunut
 * Hungarian: megszűnt


 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: utdöd


 * Czech: vyhynulý, vymřelý
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: (of a species) sukupuuttoon kuollut
 * German:


 * Hungarian: kihalt
 * Polish: wymarły
 * Russian: вымерший
 * Swedish: utdöd


 * Czech: vyhaslý
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: erloschen
 * Hebrew: כבוי


 * Hungarian:
 * Polish: wygasły
 * Russian: потухший
 * Swedish: slocknad


 * : kuno