Extreme

Adjective

 * 1) Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
 * At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.
 * 1) In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
 * He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor.
 * 1) Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
 * His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home.
 * 1) Drastic, or of great severity.
 * I think the new laws are extreme, but many believe them necessary for national security.
 * 1) Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
 * Television has begun to reflect the growing popularity of extreme sports such as bungee jumping and skateboarding.
 * 1)  Ultimate, final or last.

Noun

 * 1) The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition
 * 2) Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
 * extremes of temperature
 * 1) A drastic expedient.
 * 2)  Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.

Adverb
extreme


 * 1)  Extremely.
 * 2) * 1796 Charles Burney, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Metastasio 2.5:
 * In the empty and extreme cold theatre.

Adjectives for Extreme
absurd; delirious; fantastic; spiritualistic; unhealthy; uttermost; strenuous; blunt; precise; calculable; dangerous; glorious; exhaustive.

Verbs for Extreme
avoid—; delight in—; dress in—; drive to—; employ—; endure—; leap to—; moderate—; proceed to—; reach—; run to—; shun—; temper—; twist to—; warn against—;—begets ; —blinds ; —confuses—; destroys ;—disturbs; —endangers; —maddens.

Synonyms for Extreme

 * (place): farthest, furthest, most distant, outermost, remotest
 * (in greatest or highest degree): greatest, highest
 * (excessive): excessive, too much
 * (drastic): drastic, severe
 * (sports): dangerous
 * (ultimate): final, last, ultimate
 * terminal, utmost, rarest, intensive, immoderate, extravagant, fanatical, maximum.

Antonyms for Extreme

 * (place): closest, nearest
 * (in greatest or highest degree): least
 * (excessive): moderate, reasonable
 * (drastic): moderate, reasonable
 * medium, limited, calm, ordinary, steady, quiet, subdued, repressed, sober, dispassionate, nigh, adjacent

Derived terms

 * extremism
 * extremist
 * extremity
 * extremely
 * extreme ironing
 * extreme unction
 * extremeness

Related terms

 * extremum

Thesaurus
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Etymology
extremus, the superlative of exterus

Adjective

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Noun

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 * German: Extrem
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Adverb

 * 1) extremely