Synonyms of extant

extant

adjective

ˈek-stənt 

1

as in existing

having being at the present time

a celebrated author who is generally regarded as America's greatest novelist extant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• existing
• existent
• living
• alive
• active
• operating
• functioning
• busy
• around
• working
• flourishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinct
• dead
• destroyed
• defunct
• gone
• departed
• nonextant
• nonexistent
• lost
• exterminated
• inactive
• inert
• idle
• kaput

2

as in current

existing or in progress right now

when people envisage the future, they often base their predictions on the assumption that extant trends will continue indefinitely

Synonyms & Similar Words

• current
• present
• ongoing
• existing
• recent
• existent
• present-day
• immediate
• new
• modern
• contemporary
• instant
• newfangled
• modernistic
• ultramodern
• up-to-date
• being
• breathing
• mod
• supermodern
• new-fashioned
• space-age
• living
• red-hot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• future
• unborn
• coming
• over
• ancient
• terminated
• old
• through
• finished
• up
• archaic
• completed
• obsolete
• ended
• antiquated
• concluded
• antique
• done
• antediluvian
• past
• dated
• old-time
• out-of-date
• former
• outworn
• old-fashioned
• musty
• erstwhile
• bygone
• fusty
• ago
• noncontemporary
• oldfangled
• passé

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of extant

Red dwarfs are very volatile bodies, giving off enormous amounts of X-rays and ultraviolet energy, both of which can destroy extant life or prevent it from getting started in the first place. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 July 2026

After Rogers left his job at the store, husband and wife had a go at a similar scheme, shilling aluminum cookware for the company Wear-Ever Aluminum (still extant as WearEver Cookware). — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Experts are particularly concerned about the safety of the cheetahs, as no extant cheetah populations coexist with tigers in the wild. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 June 2026

Despite the game’s authenticity to real pinball, Space Cadet wasn’t based on an extant physical table, but was merely one part of the Full Tilt! — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026