extant adj : still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd [ant: extinct]

English

Etymology

First attested in 1545, from extantem, from extare, from ex- + stare, from *|sta-.

Pronunciation

• a UK /ɛkˈstænt/
• a US /ˈɛkstənt/

• Rhymes: -ænt

Adjective

1. Still in existence.
2. Currently existing; not having disappeared.
3. Still alive; not extinct.

Translations

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 supervillain

actual, alive, around, as is, being, contemporaneous, contemporary, current, existent, existing, fresh, immanent, immediate, in being, in effect, in existence, in force, instant, latest, living, modern, new, on foot, present, present-age, present-day, present-time, prevalent, running, subsistent, subsisting, that be, that is, topical, under the sun, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute