adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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US:/ˈɛk.stənt/
US:/ɛkˈstænt/
UK:/ɛkˈstænt/
UK:/ˈɛk.stənt/
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rhymes with -ænt
rhymes with -ɛkstənt
CMU ARPABET:EH1 K S T AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Still in existence; not having disappeared.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
extant manuscripts of the Old Testament
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: existent, existing, essential, extant
Antonyms: inextant
2
adj
Meaning 2
Still alive; not extinct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
birds are the only extant dinosaurs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alive and kicking, living, vital, above ground, alive, alive and well, animate, animated, extant, kicking, live, lively, livesome, quick, still with us, surviving, undeceased, vitalic
Antonyms: extinct
3
adj
Meaning 3
Standing out, or above the rest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost- Edward Clodd
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
extant manuscripts
specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: extinct
History
Etymology
First attested in 1545, from Latin extantem, extāns, present participle of extō (“to stand out, exist, be extant”), from ex- (“out”) + stō (“stand”).
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
موجود
— still in existence
Bulgarian:
съществуващ
(sǎštestvuvašt)
— still in existence
Bulgarian:
наличен
(naličen)
— still in existence
Catalan:
existent
— still in existence
Chinese Mandarin:
現存 /现存
(xiàncún)
— still in existence
Chinese Mandarin:
現存的 /现存的
— still in existence
Czech:
dochovalý
— still in existence
Czech:
dochovaný
— still in existence
Czech:
existující
— still in existence
Danish:
nulevende
— still in existence
Dutch:
existent
— still in existence
Esperanto:
dauxra (gxis nuntempe)
— still in existence
Esperanto:
daŭras ĝis nuntage
— still in existence
Esperanto:
nemalaperi
— still in existence
Estonian:
ekisteeriv
— still in existence
Finnish:
olemassa oleva
— still in existence
French:
existant
— still in existence
German:
existent
— still in existence
German:
bestehend
— still in existence
German:
vorhanden
— still in existence
Greek:
υπάρχων
(ypárchon)
— still in existence
Greek:
σωζόμενος
(sozómenos)
— still in existence
Greek:
αρτίγονος
(artígonos)
— still in existence
Hindi:
मौजुद
(maujud)
— still in existence
Hungarian:
létező
— still in existence
Hungarian:
fennálló
— still in existence
Hungarian:
meglévő
— still in existence
Italian:
esistente
— still in existence
Japanese:
現存する
(genzon suru)
— still in existence
Japanese:
既存の
(kizon no)
— still in existence
Malay:
ekstan
— still in existence
Malay:
masih wujud
— still in existence
Norwegian Bokmål:
nålevende
— still in existence
Norwegian Bokmål:
gjenstående
— still in existence
Norwegian Nynorsk:
nolevande
— still in existence
Norwegian Nynorsk:
nålevande
— still in existence
Polish:
istniejący
— still in existence
Polish:
trwający
— still in existence
Polish:
zachowany
— still in existence
Portuguese:
existente
— still in existence
Portuguese:
remanescente
— still in existence
Portuguese:
vivente
— still in existence
Romanian:
existent
— still in existence
Russian:
сохрани́вшийся
(soxranívšijsja)
— still in existence
Russian:
существу́ющий
(suščestvújuščij)
— still in existence
Serbo-Croatian:
постојећи
— still in existence
Serbo-Croatian:
postojeći
— still in existence
Spanish:
existente
— still in existence
Spanish:
extante
— still in existence
Swedish:
existerande
— still in existence
Swedish:
kvarvarande
— still in existence
Swedish:
nulevande
— still in existence
Swedish:
bevarad
— still in existence
Catalan:
existent
— still alive; not extinct
Catalan:
actual
— still alive; not extinct
Catalan:
viu
— still alive; not extinct
Chinese Mandarin:
现存
(Xiàncún)
— still alive; not extinct
Czech:
žijící
— still alive; not extinct
Finnish:
elävä
— still alive; not extinct
German:
überlebend
— still alive; not extinct
German:
lebend
— still alive; not extinct
German:
verbleibend
— still alive; not extinct
Hungarian:
létező
— still alive; not extinct
Japanese:
現存する
(genzon suru)
— still alive; not extinct
Malay:
masih hidup
— still alive; not extinct
Norwegian Bokmål:
gjenlevende
— still alive; not extinct
Norwegian Bokmål:
gjenværende
— still alive; not extinct
Polish:
istniejący
— still alive; not extinct
Portuguese:
extante
— still alive; not extinct
Portuguese:
vivente
— still alive; not extinct
Russian:
вы́живший
(výživšij)
— still alive; not extinct
Russian:
сохрани́вшийся
(soxranívšijsja)
— still alive; not extinct