Synonyms for extinction
ɪkˈstɪŋk ʃənex·tinc·tion

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. extinction

   Synonyms:
   destruction, stifling, suffocation, death, cessation, annihilation, obsolescence

   Antonyms:
   origination, inception, planting, birth, fife, course, operation, action, exercise, prosperity, continuance, survival

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. extinctionnoun

   no longer active; extinguished

   "the extinction of the volcano"

   Synonyms:
   extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishing

2. extinction, defunctnessnoun

   no longer in existence

   "the extinction of a species"

   Synonyms:
   extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishing

3. extinctionnoun

   the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation

   Synonyms:
   extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishing

4. extinction, exterminationnoun

   complete annihilation

   "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"

   Synonyms:
   extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, liquidation, extinguishing

5. extinction, experimental extinctionnoun

   a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus

   Synonyms:
   extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishing

6. extinction, extinguishing, quenchingnoun

   the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning

   "the extinction of the lights"

   Synonyms:
   extermination, experimental extinction, defunctness, quenching, extinguishing

Matched Categories

1. • Conditioning
   • Death
   • Inaction
   • Natural Process
   • Termination

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. extinctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   extinguishment

2. extinctionnoun

   Synonyms:
   destruction, annihilation, extirpation, extermination, excision, abolition, abolishment

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "extinction":

   extinguishment, disappearance, extinguishing, termination, quenching, sunset, lapse, quench, demise, extirpation, disappearing, extermination, suppression, disappear, annihilation

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How to use extinction in a sentence?

1. Ryosuke Motani:

   Slightly after the end-Permian mass extinction, there were a lot of open opportunities as life recolonized the Earths surface, these bizarre forms grabbed the open niches and diversified, but were soon wiped out, probably by natural selection. The animal in question is one of them it must have been a slow swimmer and an inefficient feeder, but that was sufficient for the time being.

2. Ricardo Hernandez Daza:

   We're in danger of extinction, if nobody comes to save us, we're screwed.

3. Brett Hartl:

   Fossil fuels are driving the extinction crisis, and the Bureau of Land Management is making things worse by failing to protect these imperiled species.

4. Randall Irmis:

   These formations were thought to preserve ecosystems that were recovering from this mass extinction event, if they are actually later in the time like The Chaares Formation, then it tell us they have very little to do with this recovery.

5. Jeff McDermott:

   Coal has no technology path, it's got nowhere to go but extinction.