extreme
Plural: extremes
Noun
- The utmost or highest degree of something.
- the furthest or highest degree of something
- "he carried it to extremes"
- the point located farthest from the middle of something
- The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.
- Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
- One of the last moments of life.
- A drastic expedient.
- Hardships, straits.
- Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.
Adjective Satellite
- of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
- "extreme cold"
- "extreme caution"
- "extreme pleasure"
- far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree
- "an extreme example"
- "extreme temperatures"
- "extreme danger"
- beyond a norm in views or actions
- "an extreme conservative"
- "an extreme liberal"
- "extreme views on integration"
- "extreme opinions"
- most distant in any direction
- "the extreme edge of town"
Adj
- Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
- In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
- Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
- Drastic, or of great severity.
- Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
- Ultimate, final or last.
Adv
- Extremely.
Adjective
- Reaching a high or the highest degree.
Examples
- At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.
- extremes of temperature
- He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor.
- He took his Words With Friends strategy to the extreme, memorizing every two-letter word.
- His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home.
- His Scrabble score was an extreme outlier, far surpassing all previous records.
- I think the new laws are extreme, but many believe them necessary for national security.
- Some people go to extremes for attention on social media.
- Television has begun to reflect the growing popularity of extreme sports such as bungee jumping and skateboarding.
- the extreme hour of life
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French extreme, from Latin extrēmus, the superlative of exter.
Synonyms
extreme point, extremum, utmost, uttermost, conclusive, dangerous, decisive, definitive, drastic, dreadful, endly, endsome, excessive, extravagant, extreme, farthest, final, furthest, greatest, highest, hindermost, hindmost, immoderate, intemperate, last, lavish, most distant, nimious, obscene, outermost, over the top, overmuch, overweening, pole#Etymology_2, prodigal, remotest, severe, terminal, ultimate, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, unrestrained, wanton
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
extreme: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordextreme: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
extreme: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary