exstant

Adjective

extant (not comparable)

1. Still in existence; not having disappeared.
   • extant manuscripts of the Old Testament

   Synonyms:

   existent, existing, essential

   Antonyms:

   inextant

2. Still alive; not extinct.
   • birds are the only extant dinosaurs

   Synonyms:

   alive and kicking, living, vital, above ground, alive, alive and well, animate, animated, kicking, live

   Antonyms:

   extinct

3. (obsolete) Standing out, or above the rest.
   • [W]hereas in ſmall fragments or plates, the Ice, though it ſink not to the bottom of the water, will oftentimes ſink so low in it, as ſcarce to leave any part evidently extant above the ſurface of the water, in vaſt quantities of Ice, that extancy is ſometimes ſo conſpicuous, that Navigators in...1663, Robert Boyle, “Title IX. Experiments in Consort, Touching the Bubbles from which the Levity of Ice is Supposed to Proceed.”, in New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, or, An...