extreme
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈstɹiːm/
ipa: /ɛkˈstɹiːm/
ipa: /ɪkˈstɹim/
ipa: /ɛkˈstɹim/
rhymes: -iːm
Forms: form: extremer
form: more extreme
form: extremest
form: most extreme
form: extream
form: extreame
form: xtreme
Etymology: Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French extreme, from Latin extrēmus, the superlative of exter.
Senses: examples: text: At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.
synonyms: farthest
furthest
most distant
outermost
remotest
antonyms: closest
nearest
glosses: Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
examples: text: He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor.
text: And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: Micron said in a statement that it would bring extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology to Japan, becoming the first semiconductor company to do so, and expected to invest up to 500 billion yen ($3.6 billion) with support from the Japanese government.
ref: 2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business:
synonyms: greatest
highest
dreadful
antonyms: least
glosses: In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
examples: text: His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home.
text: An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
ref: 2013 March 23, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 114:
synonyms: word: immoderate
word: unrestrained
word: excessive
word: extravagant
word: unmeasured
word: unreasonable
word: extreme
word: immoderate
word: intemperate
word: lavish
word: nimious
word: obscene
word: overmuch
word: overweening
word: over the top
word: prodigal
word: undue
word: unrestrained
word: wanton
antonyms: moderate
reasonable
glosses: Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
examples: text: I think the new laws are extreme, but many believe them necessary for national security.
synonyms: drastic
severe
antonyms: moderate
reasonable
glosses: Drastic, or of great severity.
examples: text: Television has begun to reflect the growing popularity of extreme sports such as bungee jumping and skateboarding.
synonyms: dangerous
glosses: Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
examples: text: the extreme hour of life
synonyms: word: final
word: last
word: ultimate
word: extreme
word: final
word: conclusive
word: decisive
word: definitive
word: endly
word: endsome
word: hindermost
word: hindmost
word: last
word: terminal
word: ultimate
glosses: Ultimate, final or last.
Derived terms: antiextreme
extremal
extreme day trip
extreme energy
extremeless
extreme metal
extremeness
extreme point
extreme prejudice
extreme programmer
extreme programming
extreme risk law
extreme risk protection order
extreme skiing
extreme sport
extreme ultraviolet
extreme value theorem
extremify
extremisation
extremization
extremize
extremogram
extremophile
extremophilia
extremotolerant
in the extreme
nonextreme
overextreme
superextreme
terminate with extreme prejudice
unextreme