BYPAST Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

bypast

adjective

ˈbī-ˌpast

Definition of bypast

as in extinct

no longer existing those bypast days when gasoline was cheap

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This history means Yellowstone is considered active rather than extinct.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
According to Mark Dixon, CEO of IWG, the world’s largest workspace provider, commuting could be extinct within the next 15 years.

— Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of extinct

Adjective

The Dania Beach headquarters campus that once served as the nerve center of now-defunct Spirit Airlines has been sold to a Boston hedge fund that served as the stalking horse bidder in a bankruptcy court auction.

— David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
When one engine says something the others do not—an old title, a defunct affiliation, a dismissed lawsuit, a company the executive left—that is where the containment work has to happen.

— Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of defunct

Adjective

A lot of love and care is put into creating the marketing and merchandising of this fictional Friday the 13th-style franchise, and thus recreating the familiar pop debris of a bygone trash era.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Visitors can get a taste of what farm life was like in bygone days at event, organized by the all-volunteer Dickson-Murst Farm Partners, according to a Conservation Foundation press release.

— Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of bygone

Adjective

Inspectors found three violations, two of which were high priorities for operating with an expired license and rodent activity.

— Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
The eclipses this month (on August 12 and 28) may bring new people into your life, and potentially toss some expired connections out of it.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026

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