extreme

About 32.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.

2. adjective In the greatest or highest degree; intense.

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

3. adjective Excessive, or far beyond the norm.

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

4. adjective Drastic, or of great severity.

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

5. adjective 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.

6. adjective Ultimate, final or last.

   the extreme hour of life

7. noun The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.
8. noun Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.

   extremes of temperature

Similar words

utmost distant uttermost immoderate intense extremum extreme point utter far outermost

Often followed by

cases of right case and left form example poverty

Word family

extremeness extremenesses extremer extremes extremest