extreme

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.

2. 2adjective

   Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.

3. 3adjective

   The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly.

4. 4adjective

   Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.

5. 5adjective

   Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth.

6. 6noun

   The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.

7. 7noun

   Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet.

8. 8noun

   An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc.

9. 9noun

   Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.

10. 10noun

    The first or the last term of a proportion or series.

11. 11noun

    the furthest or highest degree of something

    "he carried it to extremes"

12. 12noun

    the point located farthest from the middle of something

    Synonyms

    extremum
13. 13adjective

    most distant in any direction

    "the extreme edge of town"

14. 14adjective

    of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity

    "extreme cold"

    "extreme caution"

    Synonyms

    utmostuttermost
15. 15adjective

    far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree

    "an extreme example"

    "extreme temperatures"

16. 16adjective

    beyond a norm in views or actions

    "an extreme conservative"

    "an extreme liberal"