Definition for Extinction:

• State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.

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.
  •process (noun)
  • extinction.
  •putrefaction (noun)
  • rottennesses.
  •ruin (noun)
  • crackup,
  • the end,
  • crackups.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • obliteration,
  • disappearance,
  • disappearing act,
  • ruin.
  •
  • curtain.
  •
  • loss.
  •elimination
  • purge.

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

• Other Related

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

Antonyms for Extinction:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    re-creation, raising, reclamation, conservation, refurbishment, reconstruction, Regeneracy, restoration, rescue, salvage, protection, construction, building, renovation, remodeling, saving, preservation, salvation.

Extinction Sentence Examples:

• We stayed up there with the trout for several weeks, and when we reached Washington, there was not a man in the party but was determined to fight, heart and soul, to save these rare fish from extinction.

• He clearly forsaw the ultimate extinction of his people as a distinct race.

Hyponym for Extinction:

• n.

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

Meronym for Extinction:

• n.

  • process
    absorption, scattering.