English word
Extreme
Definitions
adjective
- existing in a very high degree
- going to great or exaggerated lengths : radical
- exceeding the ordinary, usual, or expected
- lastarchaic
- situated at the farthest possible point from a center
- most advanced or thoroughgoing
- maximum
- of, relating to, or being an outdoor activity or a form of a sport (such as skiing) that involves an unusually high degree of physical risk
- involved in an extreme sport
Synonyms for extreme
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- farthest
Synonyms by context
(neutral or positive) Of a high or the highest degree or intensity
adjective
Furthest from the center or a given point
adjective
- furthest
- ultimate
- final
- furthermost
- outermost
- remotest
- farthermost
- last
The highest or most extreme degree of something
noun
- limit
- extremity
- acme
- apex
- ceiling
- climax
- height
- peak
Either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible
noun
- opposite
- contrary
- antithesis
- pole
- alternative
- antipode
- opposite pole
- exclusive alternative
- opposing pair
- side of the coin
An intense concentration of force or power
noun
- vehemency
- ferocity
- vehemence
- fervency
- violence
- severity
- wildness
- forcefulness
- strength
- intenseness
Antonyms for extreme
- middling
- default
(neutral or positive) Opposite of of a high or the highest degree or intensity
Opposite of very severe or serious
- mild
- insignificant
- middling
- lenient
- minimal
- minor
- temperate
- trifling
Opposite of furthest from the center or a given point
- centermost
- innermost
- center
- central
- centre
- inmost
- middle
- middlemost
- inner
- inside
Opposite of the highest or most extreme degree of something
- minimum
- base
- bottom
- least
- lowest
- narrowest
- slightest
- bare minimum
- bottom level
- lower limit
Opposite of either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible
- commonality
- congruity
- similarity
- similitude
- commonalty
- resemblance
- correspondence
- parallel
Opposite of the furthest or most extreme point or limit of something
- aid
- beginning
- blessing
- boon
- commencement
Phrases
- greatest amount of
- greatest possible
- most extreme
- mother of all