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2 : suitable for use on an outside surface <~ paint>

Synonyms

external, outer, outside, outward—more at OUTER

2exterior noun : an exterior part or surface

Synonyms

face, outside, skin, surface, veneer; also facade, front, top; cover, covering, facing; appearance, disguise, guise, mask, semblance, show

Antonyms

inside, interior

ex·ter·mi·na·tion noun : the act of exterminating or the condition of being exterminated

ex·ter·mi·nate verb -nat·ed; -nat·ing : to get rid of completely usu. by killing off

— ex·ter·mi·na·tor noun

Synonyms

annihilate, blot out, demolish, eradicate, liquidate, obliterate, root, rub out, snuff, stamp, wipe out—more at ANNIHILATE

1external adjective 1 : outwardly perceivable; also : SUPERFICIAL

2 : of, relating to, or located on the outside or an outer part

3 : arising or acting from without; also : FOREIGN <~ affairs>

— ex·ter·nal·ly adverb

Synonyms

exterior, outer, outside, outward—more at OUTER

2external noun : an external feature

ex·tinct adjective 1 : EXTINGUISHED; also : no longer active

2 : no longer existing or in use <~ languages>

Synonyms

bygone, dead, defunct, gone; also nonexistent; obsolete, passé; finished, lapsed, terminated; lost, missing

Antonyms

alive, existent, existing, extant, living

ex·tinc·tion noun 1 : the act of making extinct or causing to be extinguished

2 : the condition or fact of being extinct or extinguished; also : the process of becoming extinct

ex·tin·guish verb 1 : to cause to stop burning

2 : to bring to an end : cause to die out

— ex·tin·guish·able adjective

— ex·tin·guish·er noun

Synonyms

[1] douse, put out, quench, snuff; also choke, smother, suffocate; stamp (out)

Antonyms

fire, ignite, inflame, kindle

[2] annihilate, blot out, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, obliterate, ruin, shatter, smash, wipe out, wreck—more at DESTROY

ex·tir·pate verb -pat·ed; -pat·ing [ORIGIN: L exstirpatus, pp. of exstirpare, fr. ex- out + stirps trunk, root]

1 : to destroy completely

2 : UPROOT

— ex·tir·pa·tion noun

ex·tol also ex·toll verb ex·tolled; ex·tol·ling : to praise highly : GLORIFY

Synonyms

bless, glorify, laud, magnify, praise—more at PRAISE

ex·tort verb [ORIGIN: L extortus, pp. of extorquēre to wrench out, extort, fr. ex- out + torquēre to twist]

: to obtain by force or improper pressure <~ a bribe>

— ex·tor·tion noun

— ex·tor·tion·er noun

Synonyms

exact, wrest, wring; also bleed, fleece, gouge, milk, skin, squeeze; cheat, gyp, racketeer, swindle; coerce, compel, force

ex·tor·tion·ist noun : one that practices or is given to extortion

Synonyms

racketeer—more at RACKETEER

ex·tor·tion·ate adjective : EXCESSIVE, EXORBITANT

— ex·tor·tion·ate·ly adverb

1extra adjective 1 : more than is due, usual, or necessary

2 : SUPERIOR

Synonyms

excess, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus—more at SPARE

2extra noun : one that is extra or additional: as

a : a special edition of a newspaper

b : an added charge

c : an additional worker or performer (as in a motion picture)

Synonyms

amenity, comfort, frill, indulgence, luxury, superfluity—more at LUXURY

bonus, dividend, lagniappe, perquisite, tip—more at BONUS

3extra adverb : beyond what is usual

Synonyms

especially, extremely, very—more at VERY

1extract verb 1 : to draw out; especially : to pull out forcibly <~ a tooth>

2 : to withdraw (as a juice or a constituent) by a physical or chemical process

3 : to select for citation : QUOTE

— ex·tract·able adjective

— ex·trac·tor noun

Synonyms

prize, pry, pull, root, tear, uproot, wrest; also remove, take (out), withdraw

2extract noun 1 : EXCERPT, CITATION

2 : a product (as a juice or concentrate) obtained by extracting

ex·trac·tion noun 1 : the act or process of extracting something

2 : line of descent

Synonyms

ancestry, birth, descent, line, lineage,