Definition for Extinguish:

• To quench; to stifle; to destroy; to suppress; to obscure by superior splendour.

Synonyms for Extinguish:

• n.

  •
  • smother,
  • suffocate,
  • stifle,
  • turn off,
  • stamp out,
  • blot out,
  • douse,
  • choke,
  • switch off.
  •
  • put out,
  • tackle.
  •
  • dim,
  • liquidate,
  • rub out,
  • overshadow,
  • shade,
  • clear,
  • darken,
  • root.
  •
  • choke off,
  • squash,
  • crush,
  • quash.
  •
  • abrogate,
  • vitiate,
  • void.
  •extinguish (noun)
  • crush out,
  • press out,
  • decimate,
  • eradicate,
  • snuff out,
  • carry off,
  • eliminate,
  • wipe out,
  • stub out,
  • quench,
  • annihilate.

• v.

  •annul (verb)
  • disavow,
  • eliminate,
  • delete,
  • deny,
  • efface,
  • veto,
  • invalidate,
  • reject,
  • retract,
  • neutralize,
  • dissolve,
  • repudiate,
  • abolish,
  • Disaffirm,
  • obliterate,
  • negate,
  • destroy,
  • withdraw,
  • revoke,
  • annul,
  • cancel,
  • disclaim,
  • refute,
  • dismiss,
  • undo,
  • nullify,
  • abnegate,
  • divorce,
  • eradicate.
  •change (verb)
  • snuff out.
  •kill; quash (verb)
  • abate,
  • annihilate,
  • put the lid on,
  • expunge,
  • remove,
  • suppress,
  • eradicate,
  • obliterate,
  • erase,
  • obscure,
  • exterminate,
  • extirpate,
  • quell,
  • crush,
  • wipe out,
  • squash,
  • check,
  • destroy,
  • eliminate,
  • abolish,
  • end.
  •put out a fire (verb)
  • out,
  • choke,
  • trample,
  • quench,
  • blot out,
  • stifle,
  • suffocate,
  • drown,
  • snuff out,
  • smother,
  • douse,
  • stamp out.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • darken,
  • snuff.
  •
  • douse,
  • quash,
  • wipe,
  • abrogate,
  • squash.
  •
  • overshadow,
  • stamp out,
  • turn off.
  •
  • tackle,
  • vitiate.
  •
  • crush,
  • liquidate,
  • stamp.
  •
  • dim,
  • shade.
  •
  • choke.
  •
  • put out.
  •consume
  • exhaust,
  • lay waste.
  •destroy
  • break down,
  • consume,
  • swallow up.
  •end
  • put to death.
  •kill
  • exterminate,
  • kill,
  • murder.
  •overturn
  • subvert.
  •pillage
  • ravage.
  •quash
  • quash.
  •quieten
  • quieten.
  •silence
  • choke off,
  • keep down,
  • shush.
  •smother
  • stifle.
  •stifle
  • smother.
  •turn off
  • switch off.
  •Other relevant words:
  • die out,
  • bottle up,
  • bring off,
  • inundate,
  • slack,
  • wash,
  • blow-out,
  • exhibit,
  • rub out,
  • devour,
  • empty,
  • amortize,
  • amputate,
  • arrest,
  • terminate,
  • annihilate,
  • relieve,
  • erase,
  • clamp down on,
  • douse,
  • blast,
  • liquidate,
  • slay,
  • annihilation,
  • quieten,
  • carry off,
  • blow away,
  • root out,
  • quell,
  • wear off,
  • crush,
  • press out,
  • sweep away,
  • placate,
  • blow up,
  • exclude,
  • eclipse,
  • tidings,
  • tread under foot,
  • disappear,
  • make an end of,
  • rid of,
  • gag,
  • obliteration,
  • suffocate,
  • keep under,
  • slaked,
  • cool,
  • shave,
  • deplete,
  • choke,
  • stay,
  • cull,
  • except,
  • extinct,
  • deaden,
  • complete,
  • crack down on,
  • forestall,
  • news,
  • pick out,
  • make mincemeat of,
  • remove,
  • drown,
  • stamp,
  • put to shame,
  • finish,
  • subvert,
  • consume,
  • bar,
  • smother,
  • be successful,
  • bob,
  • peel,
  • crop,
  • clear,
  • desolate,
  • deracinate,
  • use up,
  • repast,
  • root,
  • pass,
  • hydrate,
  • Abscind,
  • put the lid on,
  • void,
  • stultify,
  • wipe out,
  • subdue,
  • quash,
  • trample underfoot,
  • inflate,
  • bear away,
  • devastate,
  • message,
  • throw overboard,
  • quench,
  • sap,
  • blow-outs,
  • clip,
  • eat up,
  • end,
  • massacre,
  • discontinue,
  • put to death,
  • run through,
  • abate,
  • exhaust,
  • smash,
  • get rid of,
  • jump on,
  • disorganize,
  • separate,
  • call off,
  • wrack,
  • censor,
  • pulverize,
  • ice,
  • abolition,
  • still,
  • slake,
  • enucleate,
  • pacify,
  • banish,
  • kill,
  • snuff out,
  • dismantle,
  • lay waste,
  • strangle,
  • stop,
  • jollification,
  • nip,
  • decimate,
  • break down,
  • eat,
  • ruin,
  • polish off,
  • cut away,
  • slaughter,
  • wash away,
  • put,
  • asphyxiate,
  • confuse,
  • hold down,
  • press,
  • repeal,
  • damp,
  • take off,
  • scrag,
  • blow,
  • darken,
  • tackle,
  • demolish,
  • blower,
  • raze,
  • break,
  • wipe,
  • put paid to,
  • outdo,
  • lop,
  • shut down,
  • strike off,
  • fold up,
  • switch off,
  • stifle,
  • deactivate,
  • blot out,
  • prohibit,
  • ravage,
  • trample under foot,
  • squash,
  • turn off,
  • trample,
  • trample out,
  • gossip,
  • kibosh,
  • dock,
  • prostrate,
  • fake out,
  • evacuate,
  • finalize,
  • sit on,
  • repress,
  • settle,
  • satisfy,
  • uproot,
  • check,
  • abrogate,
  • put away,
  • extirpate,
  • obviate,
  • bear off,
  • silence,
  • take out,
  • befog,
  • strike,
  • stymie,
  • wear away,
  • kayo,
  • squelch,
  • trample down,
  • excrete,
  • do in,
  • vitiate,
  • spend,
  • do away with,
  • strip,
  • cork up,
  • thwart,
  • zap,
  • extract,
  • prune,
  • Dout,
  • stub out,
  • assuage,
  • waste,
  • detonation,
  • mutilate,
  • assassinate,
  • cut,
  • murder,
  • dispose of,
  • proscribe,
  • confound,
  • swallow up,
  • black out,
  • suppress,
  • butcher,
  • put out,
  • advice,
  • keep down,
  • show up,
  • stamp out,
  • obscure,
  • put an end to,
  • cancel out,
  • abandon,
  • get through,
  • overshadow,
  • out,
  • carry away,
  • muzzle,
  • sit down on,
  • ban,
  • exterminate,
  • crush out,
  • frustrate,
  • story,
  • mine,
  • extinction,
  • dry,
  • bomb,
  • explosion,
  • stanch,
  • throttle,
  • rule out,
  • erode,
  • stun,
  • express,
  • death,
  • pare,
  • excise,
  • turn,
  • manage,
  • make void,
  • overcome,
  • bump off,
  • intelligence,
  • snuff,
  • truncate,
  • expunge,
  • perfect,
  • allay,
  • shear,
  • adumbrate,
  • cork,
  • drop the curtain,
  • shush,
  • isolate,
  • rid,
  • quit,
  • shade,
  • inhale,
  • dim,
  • information,
  • fold,
  • choke off,
  • lay low,
  • refuse,
  • become extinct.

Antonyms for Extinguish:

• v.

  • kill; quash
    construct, build, give birth, uncompress, revive, help.
  • put out a fire
    bear, start, create, light.
  • Other antonyms:
    constitute, raise, doctor, frame, patch, set up, revamp, kindle, form, establish, perpetuate, organize, keep, stir, produce, remodel, shape, assemble, construct, erect, fashion, recondition, build, father, sustain, rebuild, protect, forge, rear, reconstruct, save, mend, renovate, restore, preserve, repair, fix, fire, uphold, institute, mold, found, conserve, agitate, invent.

Homophones for Extinguish:

• exceeding, equating, exceedance, exciting, ecdemic, existing, exquisiteness, exactness, exhausting, executing, exacting, existence.

Hypernym for Extinguish:

• v.

  • change
    put out, smother, stamp.

Hyponym for Extinguish:

• v.

  • change
    do away with, get rid of, eliminate, extinguish.