What is another word for extinction?
417 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɛkstˈɪŋkʃən], [ ɛkstˈɪŋkʃən], [ ɛ_k_s_t_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for extinction:- annihilation (noun)
- curtains (noun)
- death (noun)
- decay (noun)
- defunctness (noun)
- demise (noun)
- desolation (noun)
- destruction (noun)
- dissolution (noun)
- dying out (noun)
- eclipse (noun)
- experimental extinction (noun)
- extermination (noun)
- extinction (noun)
- mortality (noun)
- nonexistence (noun)
- nothing (noun)
- nothing/nothingness (noun)
- oblivion (noun)
- process (noun)
- putrefaction (noun)
- ruin (noun)
- other synonyms
- elimination
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Extinction:
n.
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- eradication,
- make,
- help.
- de-cadence,
- de clines,
- de generations,
- dis-repair,
- spoilations,
- de cadences,
- de-composition,
- de-cline,
- de cays,
- de-compositions,
- de compositions,
- de-cays,
- de creases,
- de-generations,
- de cadence,
- de-cay,
- dis integrations,
- dis-repairs,
- dis repair,
- de-clines,
- dis-integrations,
- de composition,
- crumblings,
- dis-integration,
- de cline,
- dis repairs,
- dis integration,
- fadings,
- de-generation,
- wasting aways,
- perishings,
- de crease,
- de generation,
- de-creases,
- wastings,
- de cay,
- de-cadences,
- de-crease,
- rottings.
- de mises,
- last roundups,
- last outs,
- number's ups,
- final thrills,
- de-mises,
- number ups,
- de mise,
- numbers ups,
- de-mise,
- numbers up,
- number up.
- ruination,
- subjugations,
- havoc,
- mortality,
- subjugation,
- crashings,
- slayings,
- sackings,
- crushings,
- massacre.
- dis appearances,
- defunctions,
- liquefactions,
- dis-appearance,
- meltings,
- dis continuations,
- re solutions,
- dis-continuations,
- dis appearance,
- dis-appearances,
- dis-solutions,
- de functions,
- re-solutions,
- dis missals,
- de function,
- dis-missals,
- dis solutions,
- de-function,
- de-functions,
- dis continuation,
- dis-continuation,
- dis missal,
- re-solution,
- dis solution,
- dis-missal,
- dis-solution.
Other synonyms:
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- curtain.
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- loss.
- eschatology,
- completion,
- darkening,
- fortune,
- cancel,
- numb,
- vanishing point,
- open,
- repression,
- demolish,
- Checking,
- quelling,
- destination,
- dazzling,
- effacement,
- Prohibiting,
- lot,
- fade out,
- conspicuous,
- surcease,
- burnout,
- halting,
- passing over,
- evaporate,
- rub out,
- lose,
- destroy,
- suppression,
- negation,
- Muffling,
- dispel,
- egregious,
- wastage,
- deceased,
- eliminate,
- crack down,
- halt,
- dissolving,
- Dies Irae,
- dematerialization,
- carnage,
- evaporation,
- blatant,
- cancellation,
- voiding,
- demolition,
- going,
- darkness,
- eradicate,
- controlling,
- eat,
- Precluding,
- forbiddance,
- glary,
- biological death,
- Subduing,
- interdiction,
- anonymity,
- wreckage,
- efface,
- Ceasing,
- excision,
- Quashing,
- amputation,
- consummation,
- extinguish,
- idle,
- fade away,
- nonliving,
- erase,
- die out,
- delete,
- evanescence,
- stopping,
- blackout,
- limit,
- destiny,
- deaden,
- blot out,
- abscission,
- concealing,
- inactivity,
- murder,
- withholding,
- restraint,
- void,
- butchery,
- rubbing out,
- abolishment,
- putting down,
- become extinct,
- customs house,
- Damping,
- fadeaway,
- dead,
- Silencing,
- goal,
- black out,
- undoing,
- fire fighting,
- tabula rasa,
- die,
- choking,
- exit,
- flagrant,
- Rasure,
- fall,
- killing,
- Snuffing,
- preclusion,
- annihilate,
- aim,
- termination,
- prohibition,
- smothering,
- exclusion,
- blocking,
- stop,
- melting,
- finish,
- vanish,
- Vanishment,
- concealment,
- determination,
- wiping out,
- expire,
- flaming,
- discontinuation,
- doing away with,
- Preventing,
- death knell,
- inactive,
- defunct,
- blackness,
- put-down,
- clinical death,
- denouement,
- blinding,
- gross,
- cutting off,
- crushing,
- terminus,
- prevention,
- Discontinuing,
- break,
- doing in,
- censoring,
- limbo,
- nullification,
- key point,
- blow over,
- putting to death,
- censorship,
- uprooting,
- cut-off,
- doom,
- Quieting,
- fate,
- cessation of life,
- blankness,
- vanishing,
- Interdicting,
- expiry,
- check,
- crack of doom,
- deletion,
- quench,
- crush out,
- Perishing,
- Suppressing,
- fadeout,
- doomsday,
- blood bath,
- dissolve,
- mutilation,
- suffocation,
- shadow of death,
- disappearing,
- grave,
- consume,
- eternal rest,
- last sleep,
- knell,
- dispersion,
- dying,
- slaying,
- allay,
- last rest,
- kismet,
- somatic death,
- strangulation,
- Muting,
- karma,
- blazing,
- erasure,
- bane,
- exterminate,
- hiding,
- the end,
- Obstructing,
- devastation,
- flame-out,
- obstruction,
- fading,
- assassination,
- stamp out,
- circumduction,
- hindering,
- fade,
- Squelching,
- burning,
- passing away,
- departure,
- inaction,
- repressing,
- perish,
- downfall,
- mincemeat,
- cracking down on,
- rooting out,
- deracination,
- forbidding,
- extinctions,
- choking off,
- stagnant,
- closure,
- reward,
- dissipate,
- conclusion,
- Nihility,
- pogrom,
- learning,
- dousing,
- annulment,
- disappear,
- wipe,
- sleep,
- blot,
- Terminating,
- finality,
- control,
- squander,
- rescission,
- Restraining,
- mow down,
- slaughter,
- going out,
- obscurity.
Paraphrases for Extinction:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
extinguishing.
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Noun, singular or mass
extinguishing.
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Proper noun, singular
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
termination.
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Noun, singular or mass
annihilation, destruction, termination.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
extermination.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
extirpation, eradication, elimination, genocide, quenching, exhaustion, deactivation, abolition, depletion, dissolution, firefighting, vanishing, devastation, liquidation, abatement, death, expiration, removal, disbandment, revocation.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
Extinguishment, suppression, disappearance, disappearances.
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Noun, singular or mass
Extinguishment, suppression, disappearance.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Extinction:
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n.
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Other antonyms:
re-creation, raising, reclamation, conservation, refurbishment, reconstruction, Regeneracy, restoration, rescue, salvage, protection, construction, building, renovation, remodeling, saving, preservation, salvation.
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Hyponym for Extinction:
n.
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process
activity, action, natural action, natural process.
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state
inaction, inactivity, inactiveness.
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process
Meronym for Extinction:
n.
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process
absorption, scattering.
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process