Synonyms for extinction
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Extinguishing
2. Annihilation
annihilation, destruction, extermination, extirpation, death, abolition, abolishment, suffocation, extinguishment, excision, eradication
Other
eclipse, stifling, defunctness, extinct dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
- n. 2
The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- extinctions → extinguishings, quenchings, annihilations, destructions…
Example sentences
- destruction They found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
- annihilation Karl saved the world from nuclear annihilation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| extinction | steady | |
| destruction | steady | |
| annihilation | steady | |
| defunctness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- death1
- 7 letters
- eclipse2, extinct2
- 8 letters
- stifling2, excision3
- 9 letters
- abolition4, quenching2
- 11 letters
- destruction3, eradication5, suffocation4, abolishment, extirpation, defunctness
- 12 letters
- annihilation5
- 13 letters
- extermination5, extinguishing4
- 14 letters
- extinguishment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (eclipse2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- extinction
- Italiano
- estinzione
- Català
- extinció