extreme
adjective
[ ɪkˈstriːm ]
• reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.
• "extreme cold"
Similar:
utmost,
uttermost,
very great,
greatest,
greatest possible,
maximum,
maximal,
highest,
ultimate,
supreme,
paramount,
great,
acute,
major,
intense,
enormous,
severe,
high,
superlative,
exceptional,
extraordinary,
• furthest from the centre or a given point.
• "the extreme north-west of Scotland"
Similar:
furthest,
farthest,
furthermost,
farthermost,
furthest/farthest away,
very,
utmost,
outermost,
most distant,
aftermost,
endmost,
ultimate,
final,
last,
terminal,
remotest,
outmost,
extreme
noun
• either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible.
• "we represented opposite extremes of college society—he a member of the Old Guard, I one of the radicals"
• the subject or predicate in a proposition, or the major or minor term in a syllogism (as contrasted with the middle term).
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin extremus ‘outermost, utmost’, superlative of exterus ‘outer’.
in the extreme
• to an extreme degree.
• "the reasoning was convoluted in the extreme"
Similar:
extremely,
very,
exceedingly,
exceptionally,
especially,
extraordinarily,
to a fault,
extra,
tremendously,
immensely,
vastly,
hugely,
abundantly,
intensely,
acutely,
singularly,
significantly,
distinctly,
outstandingly,
uncommonly,
unusually,
decidedly,
particularly,
eminently,
supremely,
highly,
remarkably,
really,
truly,
mightily,
thoroughly,
all that,
to a great extent,
most,
so,
unco,
très,
right,
terrifically,
awfully,
fearfully,
terribly,
devilishly,
majorly,
seriously,
mega,
ultra,
oh-so,
stinking,
mucho,
damn,
damned,
devilish,
hellish,
frightfully,
ever so,
well,
bloody,
dead,
dirty,
jolly,
fair,
real,
mighty,
powerful,
awful,
plumb,
darned,
way,
bitching,
mad,
lekker,
exceeding,
