Extinct
Extinct adjective - No longer existing.
Previous and extinct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Previous" instead an adjective "Extinct".
Nearby Word: extinction
Previous
Previous adjective - Going before another in time or order.
Extinct and previous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extinct" instead an adjective "Previous".
Nearby Word: previously
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The Chantry declares the name of the next century (or "age") based on omens, and a sighting of High Dragons near the end of the previous age after it was thought they were extinct for several centuries was considered the omen for this one.
Source: Franchise / Dragon Age -
After the End: Episode 14 reveals that Ange, Tusk and Vivian, following their emergency teleportation in the previous fight against Embryo, landed on Earth, which had suffered World War Seven more than 500 years ago and humanity had all but gone extinct.
Source: Anime / Cross Ange -
Then the 200-million-years-from-now segment states that all mammals are extinct by then ... and goes on to list several human-era mammal types that are no longer around, just in case viewers forgot the previous segment of the program.
Source: Franchise / The Future Is Wild
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Previous and Extinct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extinct/previous
Extinct & Previous. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/extinct/previous>.
Previous or Extinct. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/extinct/previous.
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