Definition for Defunct:

• A dead person; one deceased.

Synonyms for Defunct:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • defunct.
  •bygone (adjective)
  • out-of-date,
  • be-lated,
  • be lated,
  • gone by,
  • most oldfangled,
  • more out of date,
  • by-gone,
  • oldtime,
  • forgotten,
  • by gone,
  • one time,
  • old time,
  • water under bridge,
  • water over dam,
  • more sometime,
  • most sometime,
  • more oldfangled,
  • de parted,
  • de-parted.
  •dead (adjective)
  • no longer functioning,
  • study at dead,
  • no more,
  • expired,
  • passed away,
  • bereft of life,
  • unanimated,
  • pushing up daisies,
  • deceased,
  • no longer existing,
  • not existing,
  • inoperable,
  • departed,
  • sterile,
  • Perished,
  • gone to reward,
  • wearied,
  • out of one's misery,
  • gone to meet maker,
  • inert,
  • offed,
  • resting in peace.
  •deceased (adjective)
  • ex animate,
  • gave up ghost,
  • more exanimate,
  • de ceased,
  • gave the ghost,
  • most exanimate,
  • gave ghost,
  • ex-animate,
  • de-ceased.
  •extinct (adjective)
  • most abolished,
  • more terminated,
  • more exterminated,
  • more disappeared,
  • more abolished,
  • most doused,
  • more extinguished,
  • most disappeared,
  • terminated,
  • more vanquished,
  • most terminated,
  • more doused,
  • dead gone,
  • dis-appeared,
  • ex-terminated,
  • most extinguished,
  • ex terminated,
  • un known,
  • most exterminated,
  • dis appeared,
  • most vanquished,
  • un-known.
  •extinct, not functioning (adjective)
  • kaput,
  • obsolete,
  • out of commission,
  • invalid,
  • cold,
  • had it,
  • down the drain,
  • done for.
  •gone (adjective)
  • dis solved,
  • more consumed,
  • dis-integrated,
  • dis-solved,
  • re moved,
  • dis-placed,
  • more away,
  • taken powder,
  • most shifted,
  • more dissolved,
  • non extant,
  • retired,
  • more elapsed,
  • most quit,
  • more passed,
  • more flown,
  • out window,
  • most dissolved,
  • de camped,
  • dis placed,
  • most away,
  • more runoff,
  • more quit,
  • more split,
  • most split,
  • more disintegrated,
  • re-tired,
  • more shifted,
  • most nonextant,
  • more run off,
  • dis integrated,
  • not sign of,
  • most passed,
  • turned dust,
  • most run-off,
  • non-extant,
  • with drawn,
  • most run off,
  • more decamped,
  • re tired,
  • most consumed,
  • with-drawn,
  • most runoff,
  • de-camped,
  • most disintegrated,
  • most decamped,
  • most flown,
  • down drain,
  • more nonextant,
  • more run-off,
  • most elapsed.
  •out of business (adjective)
  • out business.

• n.

  •
  • futile,
  • pathetic,
  • defective,
  • pointless,
  • ineffective,
  • faulty,
  • inefficient,
  • useless,
  • worthless,
  • purposeless.
  •
  • lost,
  • new.
  •defunct (noun)
  • inoperative.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • late,
  • vanished.
  •
  • lifeless.
  •
  • asleep.

Paraphrases for Defunct:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    deceased, extinct, dead, obsolete, outmoded, unaccounted, former, late, missing.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    outdated.

Antonyms for Defunct:

• adj.

  • extinct, not functioning
    existing, operative, valid, alive, operating, working, live, functioning, existent.
  • Other antonyms:
    breathing, active, animate, vital, vivacious, vibrant, dynamic, quick, running, thriving, going, animated, lively.

Defunct Sentence Examples:

• To prove the truth of his statement he never misses an opportunity to point out to the tourist the spot where his horse fell, and shows the white bones of his defunct steed bleaching in the sun.

• This intended recognition - if there were any such - being founded on an error as to what the state constitutions really did authorize, necessarily falls to the ground, a defunct intention.

Homophones for Defunct:

• diving suit.