Synonyms: extant
Definition: still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
Usage: extant manuscripts; specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk- Edward Clodd
Similar words: living
Definition: still in active use
Usage: a living language
Similar words: living, surviving
Definition: still in existence
Usage: the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil; the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania