EXTANT

extant

(adjective) still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; “extant manuscripts”; “specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk”- Edward Clodd

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

extant (not comparable)

Still in existence.

Currently existing; not having disappeared.

Still alive; not extinct.

(obsolete) Standing out, or above the rest.

Synonyms

• (still in existence): existent, existing; see also existent

• (still alive): alive and kicking, living, vital; see also alive

Antonyms

• (still alive): extinct

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex"tant, a. Etym: [L. extans, -antis, or exstans, -antis, p.pr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare to stand: cf. F. extant. See Stand.]

1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded. That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. Ray. A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant. Bentley.

2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding. Writings that were extant at that time. Sir M. Hale. The extant portraits of this great man. I. Taylor.

3. Publicly known; conspicuous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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