extant
1 antonym for extant — opposites grouped by meaning.
Adj — Still existing; not lost or destroyed.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Still existing; not lost or destroyed.
“Some have argued that no one moment and/or process of textual formation should be presumed for any of these texts, and that they were constantly in a state of becoming, but the extant evidence does not support such a position.”
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Etymology
First recorded in 1545. It comes from Latin extantem, extāns, the present participle of extō (“to stand out, exist, be extant”), from ex- (“out”) plus stō (“stand”).
Full origin of extant →