extinct
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
an extinct species of fish
Related & opposite
- nonexistent also see
- extant antonym
- dead similar to
Sense 2 adjective
(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
an extinct volcano
Related & opposite
- active antonym
- extinction attribute
- dead similar to
Sense 3 adjective
being out or having grown cold
threw his extinct cigarette into the stream
Related & opposite
- dead similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | nonexistent |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | extant |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | dead |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | active |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | extinction |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dead |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | dead |