extant

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ex=tant

CIDE DICTIONARY

extant, a. [L. extans, -antis, or exstans, -antis, p. pr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare to stand: cf. F. extant. See Stand.].

•  Standing out or above any surface; protruded.  [1913 Webster]

  "That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums."  [1913 Webster]

  "A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant."  [1913 Webster]
•  Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.  [1913 Webster]

  "Writings that were extant at that time."  [1913 Webster]

  "The extant portraits of this great man."  [1913 Webster]
•  Publicly known; conspicuous.  B. Jonson.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

extant, adj. (esp. of a document etc.) still existing, surviving.

Etymology

L exstare exstant- (as EX-(1), stare stand)

THESAURUS

extant

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

ROGET THESAURUS

extant

Existence

N existence, being, entity, ens, esse, subsistence, reality, actuality, positiveness, fact, matter of fact, sober reality, truth, actual existence, presence, coexistence, stubborn fact, hard fact, not a dream, no joke, center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle, ontology, existing, existent, under the sun, in existence, extant, afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent, undestroyed, real, actual, positive, absolute, true, substantial, substantive, self-existing, self-existent, essential, well-founded, well-grounded, unideal, unimagined, not potential, authentic, actually, in fact, in point of fact, in reality, indeed, de facto, ipso facto, ens rationis, ergo sum cogito, thinkest thou existence doth depend on time?.

The Present Time

N the present, the present time, the present day, the present moment, the present juncture, the present occasion, the times, the existing time, the time being, today, these days, nowadays, our times, modern times, the twentieth century, nonce, crisis, epoch, day, hour, age, time of life, present, actual, instant, current, existing, extant, that is, present-day, up-to-date, up-to-the-moment, at this time, at this moment, at the present time, now, at present, at hand, at this time of day, today, nowadays, already, even now, but now, just now, on the present occasion, for the time being, for the nonce, pro hac vice, on the nail, on the spot, on the spur of the moment, until now, to this day, to the present day, the present hour alone is man's.