extant
Not yet lost
Extant describes something that still exists, especially when survival is notable.
An extant manuscript has endured through the centuries.
The extant population of a species is what remains.
The word typically appears in scholarly or formal contexts, often contrasting with what has been lost: Only three extant copies of the document survive.
Still present after removal
- persistingContinuing through difficulty
- livingCurrently having breath
- currentDirected flow of charge
- ongoingIn progress now
viable · operative · functional · active · standing · undestroyed · subsisting · continuing
Range of life forms
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- faunaAnimal life collectively
flora · population · habitat · endemic · living · surviving · refuge · relict
Continuing through time
- durableAble to withstand use
- permanentFixed without end
- resilientAble to recover quickly
- timelessUnaffected by eras
perpetual · tenacious · steadfast · abiding · everlasting · persistent · immutable · unchanging
remaining
Still present after removal
- persistingContinuing through difficulty
- livingCurrently having breath
- currentDirected flow of charge
ongoing · viable · operative · functional · active · standing · undestroyed · subsisting · continuing · sustained
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
fauna · flora · population · habitat · endemic · living · surviving · refuge · relict · remnant
lasting
Continuing through time
timeless · perpetual · tenacious · steadfast · abiding · everlasting · persistent · immutable · unchanging · ageless
manuscript
Original text before publication
- archiveStored historical records
- recordPreserved account or achievement
- scrollWound document of parchment
codex · folio · charter · deed · testament · proclamation · transcript · register · copy · original
relic
Preserved ancient object
curio · treasure · remnant · keepsake · memento · potsherd · inscription · fragment · archaeological find · museum piece
extantextinct
No longer existing
nonexistent · non-existent · lost · destroyed · defunct
exist, existence, existing, existential, nonexistent, existent, coexistent, preexistence, preexistent