Extreme

Quick meaning: Extreme is an adjective meaning Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.

Meaning

Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.

More Meanings

1. In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
2. Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
3. Drastic, or of great severity.
4. Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
5. The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.
6. Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
7. (archaic) Ultimate, final or last.

Example Sentences

At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.

He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor.

His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home.

I think the new laws are extreme, but many believe them necessary for national security.

Word Forms

• extremer
• extremest
• extream
• extreame
• extremes

Synonyms for extreme

Depending on context, synonyms include ferocious, exquisite, intense, almighty, greatest, highest.

Antonyms for extreme

Common opposites include intermediate, least, closest, nearest, moderate, reasonable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include utmost, distant, uttermost, immoderate, intense, extremum.

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