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extant

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of extant

1 having being at the present time

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

Synonyms of extant

alive, around, existent, existing, living

Words Related to extant

active, busy, flourishing, functioning, operating, working

Near Antonyms of extant

defunct, destroyed, exterminated, kaput (also kaputt)

departed, gone, lost

idle, inactive, inert

Antonyms of extant

dead, extinct, nonextant

2 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 of extant

current, immediate, instant, ongoing, present, present-day

Words Related to extant

contemporary, modern, modernistic, new, newfangled, new-fashioned, recent, red-hot, space-age, ultramodern, up-to-date

breathing, existent, living

Near Antonyms of extant

coming, future, unborn

completed, concluded, done, ended, finished, over, terminated, through, up

ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, dated, fusty, musty, obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, outworn, passé

bygone, erstwhile, former, past

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