490 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ɛkstˈɪŋkʃən], [ ɛkstˈɪŋkʃən], [ ɛ_k_s_t_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_ʃ_ə_n]

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)
• other relevant words (noun)
• process (noun)
• putrefaction (noun)
• ruin (noun)
• other synonyms
• elimination
• other relevant words
• other relevant words (noun)

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Synonyms for Extinction:

• n.

  •
  • stifling,
  • away,
  • into/out of thin air,
  • into thin air,
  • dissipation.
  •
  • eradication,
  • make,
  • help.
  •
  • live,
  • rest.
  • annihilation (noun)
  • abolition.
  • curtains (noun)
  • end the line,
  • end life,
  • lights outs.
  • death (noun)
  • ending,
  • release,
  • annihilation,
  • decease,
  • expiration,
  • fatality,
  • quietus,
  • passing,
  • parting,
  • cessation.
  • decay (noun)
  • 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.
  • defunctness (noun)
  • defunctness.
  • demise (noun)
  • 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.
  • desolation (noun)
  • bleakness,
  • wildness,
  • forlornness.
  • destruction (noun)
  • ruination,
  • subjugations,
  • havoc,
  • mortality,
  • subjugation,
  • crashings,
  • slayings,
  • sackings,
  • crushings,
  • massacre.
  • dissolution (noun)
  • 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.
  • dying out (noun)
  • obsolescence,
  • elimination,
  • thing of the past,
  • no life.
  • eclipse (noun)
  • darkenings,
  • penumbrae,
  • dimmings.
  • experimental extinction (noun)
  • experimental extinction.
  • extermination (noun)
  • ex-termination,
  • ex terminations,
  • ex termination,
  • ex-terminations.
  • extinction (noun)
  • extinguishing,
  • quenching.
  • mortality (noun)
  • loss of life.
  • nonexistence (noun)
  • absence,
  • nothingness,
  • nil.
  • nothing (noun)
  • no things,
  • ZOT,
  • zots,
  • zippos,
  • duck eggs.
  • nothing/nothingness (noun)
  • non beings,
  • nonbeings,
  • not anythings,
  • non-entity,
  • non-beings,
  • non being,
  • non entities,
  • in significancy,
  • in-significancy,
  • fly specks,
  • non entity,
  • non-being,
  • non-entities,
  • in-significancies,
  • in significancies.
  • oblivion (noun)
  • non-existences,
  • non existence,
  • out theres,
  • nowheres,
  • non existences.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • occultation,
  • Genocides,
  • witherings,
  • putrescence,
  • last out,
  • disbandments,
  • Obscuration,
  • penumbras,
  • liquefaction,
  • not anything,
  • Demolishment,
  • noughts,
  • no thing,
  • spoilation,
  • obscurations,
  • Gangrenes,
  • demise,
  • dissolution,
  • rottenness,
  • goose eggs,
  • spoilage,
  • penumbra,
  • putridness,
  • nowhere,
  • shutout,
  • rotting,
  • desolation,
  • holocaust,
  • failings,
  • occultations,
  • destruction,
  • last roundup,
  • wasting away,
  • shutouts,
  • curtains,
  • Defunction,
  • putridities,
  • disbandment,
  • duck egg,
  • shadings,
  • decimation,
  • end of line,
  • gangrene,
  • naughts,
  • zippo,
  • extirpation,
  • putrefaction,
  • nought,
  • oblivion,
  • out there,
  • extermination,
  • decay,
  • end line,
  • fly speck,
  • nothing,
  • number's up,
  • eclipse,
  • end of the line,
  • goose egg,
  • final thrill,
  • end,
  • caries,
  • liquidation,
  • putridity,
  • end of life,
  • Extinguishment,
  • nonbeing,
  • Non-existence,
  • death.
  • process (noun)
  • extinction.
  • putrefaction (noun)
  • rottennesses.
  • ruin (noun)
  • crackup,
  • crackups.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • obliteration,
  • disappearance,
  • disappearing act,
  • ruin.
  •
  • curtain.
  •
  • loss.
  • elimination
  • purge.
  • Other relevant words:
  • genocide,
  • deadliness,
  • extinct species,
  • self-destructive.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • 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:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    extinguishing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    extinguishing.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    termination.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    annihilation, destruction, termination.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    extermination.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    abatement, abolition, deactivation, death, depletion, devastation, disbandment, dissolution, elimination, eradication, exhaustion, expiration, extirpation, genocide, liquidation, quenching, removal, revocation, vanishing, firefighting.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    disappearance, suppression, Extinguishment, disappearances.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    disappearance, suppression, Extinguishment.

Hyponym for Extinction:

• n.

  • process
    activity, action, natural action, natural process.
  • state
    inaction, inactivity, inactiveness.

Meronym for Extinction:

• n.

  • process
    absorption, scattering.