Extant — may refer to: * Extant taxon, a taxon which is not extinct, such as an extant species. * Extant literature, surviving literature, such as Beowulf , the oldest extant manuscript written in English * Hank Hall, also known as Extant, the DC Comics… … Wikipedia
extant — I adjective alive, current, currently existing, existent, existing, exstare, in being, in current use, in existence, living, not extinct, not lost, present, standing, still existing, still to be found, subsistent, surviving, undestroyed, visible… … Law dictionary
extant — [adj] in existence actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existent, existing, immediate, in current use, instant, living, not lost, present, present day, real, remaining, subsisting, surviving, undestroyed; concepts 539,582 Ant.… … New thesaurus
surviving — index durable, extant, lasting, live (existing), net, outstanding (unpaid), permanent … Law dictionary
extant — [[t]ekstæ̱nt, e̱kstənt[/t]] ADJ If something is extant, it is still in existence, in spite of being very old. [FORMAL] Two fourteenth century manuscripts of this text are still extant... The oldest extant document is dated 1492. Syn: surviving … English dictionary
extant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. surviving, existent. See existence. Ant., extinct, lost. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. surviving, living, existent, existing, undestroyed, in existence, not lost, not extinct, in current use. III… … English dictionary for students
surviving — adjective still in existence (Freq. 2) the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania • Syn … Useful english dictionary
extant — adjective extant manuscripts Syn: still existing, in existence, existent, surviving, remaining, undestroyed … Thesaurus of popular words
extant — ex|tant [ ekstənt, ek stænt ] adjective FORMAL still existing, usually despite being very old: SURVIVING … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
extant — adj existing, existent, in existence, subsisted; surviving, living, alive, present … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder