Extreme

Definition: Extreme

Extreme

Adjective

1. Of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress".

2. Far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree; "an extreme example"; "extreme temperatures"; "extreme danger".

3. Beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions".

4. Most distant in any direction; "the extreme edge of town".

Noun

1. The furthest or highest degree of something; "he carried it to extremes".

2. The point located farthest from the middle of something.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "extreme" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Extreme \Ex*treme"\, adjective. [Latin extremus, superlative of exter, extrus, on the outside, outward: compare to French extr[^e]me. See Exterior.]. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Extreme

Contrariety

Inversion; the opposite, the reverse, the inverse, the converse, the antipodes, the other extreme. Verb: be contrary; Adjective: contrast with, oppose; diller toto coelo.

End

Noun: end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, extremity; gable end, butt end, fag-end; tip, nib, point; tail; (rear); verge; (edge); tag, peroration; bonne bouche; bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard.

Greatness

Vast, immense, enormous, extreme; inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown; towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible; marvelous.

Greatly; Adjective: much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little; pretty, pretty well; enough, in a great measure, richly; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so; never so, ever so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much; by wholesale; mighty, powerfully; with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably; beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably, infinitely.

Rite

Verb: perform service, do duty, minister, officiate, baptize, dip, sprinkle; anoint, confirm, lay hands on; give the sacrament, administer the sacrament; administer extreme unction; hear confession, administer holy penance, shrive; excommunicate, ban with bell book and candle.

Seven sacraments, impanation, subpanation, extreme unction, viaticum, invocation of saints, canonization, transfiguration, auricular confession; maceration, flagellation, sackcloth and ashes; penance; (atonement); telling of beads, processional; thurification, incense, holy water, aspersion.

Attend services, attend mass, go to mass, hear mass; take the sacrament, receive the sacrament, receive communion, attend the sacrament, partake of the sacrament, partake of communion; communicate; receive extreme unction; confess, go to confession, receive penance; anele.

Crosswords: Extreme

German (excesses).

Relationships based on extreme circumstances never work out. (Speed 2: Cruise Control; writing credit: Graham Yost; Jan de Bont)

I kept trying to reason with you, Woody, but you always force me into taking extreme measures (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter)

This calls for a delicate blend of psychology and extreme violence (The Young Ones; writing credit: Ben Elton; Rik Mayall)

This town, walking anywhere after dark is like an extreme sport (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

De facto, night facto, the fact that they're facto-ing at all I find repulsive in the extreme. (Kath & Kim; writing credit: Gina Riley; Jane Turner)

Me I go from one extreme to another (The Look Of Love; performing artist: ABC)

You're so extreme, you can be so temperamental (Urgent; performing artist: Foreigner)

What they know about it, extreme measures I'm a ride with you (Down Ass Bitch; performing artist: Ja Rule)

I can't explain to which extreme i'm feeling you (We Fit Together; performing artist: O-Town)

Blood letting extreme (Manic Demise; performing artist: The Creation)

Extreme Close-Up (1973)

The Extreme Team (2003)

Extreme Engineering (2003)

Ocean Hunters Extreme (2002)

The Real World/Road Rules Extreme Challenge (2001)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Extreme Networks, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• A Practical Guide to eXtreme Programming (reference)

• Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (reference)

• I Spy Extreme Challenger! A Book of Picture Riddles (I Spy Books) (reference)

• Make It BIG!: 49 Secrets for Building a Life of Extreme Success (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Laird (White Knuckle Extreme) (reference)

• Propaganda (White Knuckle Extreme) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Extreme Days [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Extreme II: Pornograffitti (reference)

• Extreme Pranks 1 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Tokyo Extreme Racer (reference)

• Logitech WingMan Extreme Digital 3D (reference)

• Panasonic KX-TG2564S 2.4GHz GigaRange Extreme SST Cordless Telephone Silver (reference)

• Panasonic KX-TG2583B 2.4 GHz GigaRange Extreme DSS Cordless Phone with Caller ID and Answering Device (Black) (reference)

• AddWeb WebSite Promoter 5.0 Extreme (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Annovi Reverberi Extreme 1600PSI 1.8GPM Electric Pressure Washer (reference)

• DeWalt DW3191 Series 20 7-1/4" 18T Rock Carbide Extreme Durability Circular Saw Blade (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The bacterium F. tularensis is considered to be a dangerous potential biological weapon because of its extreme infectivity, ease of dissemination, and substantial capacity to cause illness and death. Credit: CDC.

The party that made 329 setups in 7 hours and 55 minutes Working in area of extreme grades Level party of H. J. Oliver. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Leveling to tide staff and water's edge at extreme low tide Bubbler gauge orifice at right lower edge of photo Improper installation necessitated leveling to assure observing lowest low water Tidal bench mark leveling work off of DAVIDSON. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A view of Charlestown from the cemetery on Copp's Hill in Boston. Bunker Hill Monument on Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill further to the north are seen in the central part of the image. Buildings of the U.S. Navy Yard are seen on the extreme right. In: Historical Collections ... of Every Town in Massachusetts. 1841. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A winter extreme low tide. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The extreme drop at the culvert was eliminated by the restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

An extreme close up view of sediment being pumped onto the marsh platform. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Figure 13. Richard narrow-ended net. Left: simple model. Right: model with deflector. Invented in 1903 by Doctor Jules Richard, this net combined extreme lightness with ease of making as well as a great facility for use by a ship underway. The prototype of this net was constructed on the PRINCESSE-ALICE II. Prince Albert I used this for thousands of plankton sampling tows from 1903 on. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Red mangrove prop roots - an extreme example. Credit: Small World.

A sign strategically placed to remind residents and visitors of extreme fire danger. Credit: USDA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It went to the extreme length of directly opposing the "brutally destructive" tendency of Communism, and of proclaiming its supreme and impartial contempt of all class struggles. (reference)

Subject to the obligation to comply with the provisions of the Convention of Mannheim or of the Convention which may be substituted therefor, and to the stipulations of the present Treaty, France shall have on the whole course of the Rhine included between the two extreme points of the French frontiers: (a) the right to take water from the Rhine to feed navigation and irrigation canals (constructed or to be constructed) or for any other purpose, and to execute on the German bank all works necessary for the exercise of this right; (b) the exclusive right to the power derived from works of regulation on the river, subject to the payment to Germany of the value of half the power actually produced, this payment, which will take into account the cost of the works necessary for producing the power, being made either in money or in power and in default of agreement being determined by arbitration. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The extreme sweetness of her temper must hurt his.

Nothing illustrates a fallacy so well as an extreme case, which fairly comes under it.

To attempt to realise it, the utmost violence must be imagined in the presence of the most extreme mildness

An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Extreme temperatures may disrupt sleep or prevent you from falling asleep. (references)

However, healing is not compromised by normovolemic anemia unless it is extreme. (references)

Burn pain can be profound and poses an extreme challenge to the medical community. (references)

Business

TGS also has provided network facilities for exports to the extreme south of Chile. (references)

Singapore is an equatorial island nation located at the extreme southern tip of peninsular Malaysia. (references)

The travel sector in Belgium has had a good record on the whole, but extreme vigilance is advised, especially with the smaller tour operators. (references)

Children

Panama

The problem is most extreme in the Darien province and among indigenous groups. (references)

Hungary

Furthermore, the extreme poverty of many Roma makes it difficult for them to clothe their children appropriately for school. (references)

China

Government statistics show that almost one-quarter of the approximately 60 million persons with disabilities live in extreme poverty. (references)

Civil Liberties

United Arab Emirates

The conversion of Muslims to other religions is regarded with extreme antipathy. (references)

Morocco

Historically, extreme Islamist and leftist groups have encountered the greatest difficulty in obtaining official approval. (references)

Afghanistan

For most of the year in most parts of the country, the Taliban vigorously enforced its extreme interpretation of Islamic law. (references)

Discrimination

Papua New Guinea

Extreme geographic diversity prevents any one tribe or clan from dominating the country. (references)

Economic History

Democratic Republic of Congo

High mountains are found in the extreme eastern region. (references)

Ecuador

Frequent internal splits have produced extreme factionalism. (references)

Human Rights

Botswana

However, in general beatings and other forms of extreme physical abuse were rare. (references)

Zimbabwe

Extreme overcrowding, shortages of clothing, and poor sanitary conditions persist. (references)

Afghanistan

Taliban courts imposed their extreme interpretation of Islamic law and punishments followed swift summary trials. (references)

Indigenous People

Panama

Most live in extreme poverty and isolation. (references)

Gabon

Pygmies suffered societal discrimination and often lived in extreme poverty. (references)

Minorities

Moldova

They also complained that the article linked their religions with other, more extreme groups. (references)

Political Economy

Zambia

Approximately 80 percent of the country's population of an estimated 10.3 million live in extreme poverty. (references)

Switzerland

The presence of left and right-wing elements in the governing coalition has allowed it to co-opt more extreme parties in the spectrum. (references)

Sudan

Child labor in such areas is exacerbated by lack of schools, extreme poverty, and the lack of an effective legal minimum age for workers. (references)

Political Rights

Hungary

The opposition includes the extreme rightwing Hungarian Justice and Life Party and two leftwing parties, the Hungarian Socialist Party and the Free Democrats. (references)

Trade

Georgia

American firms considering providing financing for their exports are advised to exercise extreme caution. (references)

Uzbekistan

Although Uzbekistan's tariff rates have not been extreme by international standards, its excise taxes form an effective barrier to the legal importation of certain goods. (references)

Travel

Indonesia

However, one should also exercise extreme caution while using taxis. (references)

Russia

Drivers and pedestrians should exercise extreme caution to avoid accidents. (references)

Ecuador

Uninsured travelers who require medical care overseas may face extreme difficulties. (references)

Women

Congo

Domestic violence was handled within the extended family and only the more extreme incidents were brought to the police. (references)

Djibouti

The police rarely intervene in domestic violence incidents, and the media report only the most extreme examples, such as murder. (references)

Senegal

Infibulation, the most extreme and dangerous form of FGM, is practiced by members of the Toucouleur and Peulh ethnic groups, particularly those in rural areas. (references)

Worker Rights

Netherlands

Most of these women are under extreme pressure to work as prostitutes. (references)

Eritrea

The students were later sent to coastal areas to perform road work under conditions of extreme heat. (references)

Malawi

Significant child labor in agricultural work and domestic service occurs largely as a result of extreme poverty and long-standing cultural traditions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "extreme": Extreme and mean ratio ♦ extreme breadth ♦ extreme conservative ♦ Extreme distance ♦ extreme draught ♦ extreme euphoria ♦ extreme fading ♦ extreme fatigue ♦ extreme flood ♦ extreme left ♦ extreme limit ♦ extreme mean ♦ Extreme obesity ♦ extreme orient ♦ extreme outer edge ♦ extreme point ♦ extreme range of an influencing factor ♦ extreme range of an influencing quantity ♦ extreme right ♦ extreme sadness ♦ extreme slipperiness ♦ extreme temperatures ♦ extreme unction ♦ extreme values ♦ fire at extreme elevation ♦ go from one extreme to the other ♦ in extreme ♦ in the extreme ♦ live in extreme poverty ♦ making extreme ♦ run to an extreme ♦ span between extreme values ♦ the extreme ♦ type II extreme value distribution ♦ type iii extreme value distribution. Additional references.

Beginning with "extreme": extreme-case, extreme-centre, extreme-left, extreme-right, extreme-use, extreme-value.

Ending with "extreme": mid-extreme, over-extreme.

Afrikaans

ekstreem (excessive, inordinate). (various references)

Albanian

ekstrem (fringe, hard), skaj (border, bottom, corner, edge, end, extremity, rim, shank, skirt, skirting, terminal, verge), më i largët (farther, farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, hindmost, rearmost), i skajshëm (abysmal, desperate, dire, outside, uttermost). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مفرط (exaggerated, excess, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, frightful, immoderate, intemperate, intolerable, overabundant, overmuch, overweening, super, superabundant, superfluous, superlative, too much, unconscionable, undue, unqualified, unreasonable, unrestrained), ‏متطرف (drastic, excessive, extravagant, extremist, immoderate, inordinate, intemperate, radical, unrestrained), ‏مبالغ فيه (exaggerated, inordinate, overdone, overdrawn, overstated), ‏نهائي (conclusive, definitive, eventual, final, firm, irrevocable, peremptory, radical, ultimate), ‏حد (border, borderline, boundary, brim, confine, definition, delimit, edge, end, frontier, limit, margin, mourn, outline, restrict, tauten, terminus, utmost degree, verge), ‏طرف التناسب, ‏طرف (end, extremity, margin, part, party, selvage, side, tip), ‏صارم (astringent, austere, disciplinary, dour, driving, exact, fast, firm, hard, hard and fast, hardheaded, inclement, puritan, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, rugged, searching, severe, sharp, stark, stern, stiff, strait, strict, stringent, swingeing, tight, tough, unrelenting, violent), ‏إفراط (excess, exorbitance, intemperance, riot, surfeit), ‏أقصى (farthest, maximum, most, outside, ultimate, utmost, uttermost), ‏أخير (final, last, latest, latter, terminal, ultimate), ‏شديد (acute, biting, boisterous, brusque, cordial, crass, dense, excruciating, forte, intense, intensive, keen, lusty, rigorous, shrill, stern, strong, telling, tempestuous, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent), ‏درجة قصوى, ‏بالغ (adult, amplify, blow up, embroider, exaggerate, grown up, magnify, ostentatious, overdo, overdraw, overstate, overstep, play up, pubescent, romance, strain a point). (various references)

Bulgarian 

крайност (exorbitance, exorbitancy, extremeness, extremity, immoderation), крайна степен, краен (completive, distal, dizzy, end, endmost, eventual, final, high, intense, intolerant, latter, marginal, out-, outside, profuse, rabid, red-hot, sublime, supreme, terminal, terminative, terrible, ultimate, unmerciful, utmost, utter, uttermost, veriest, wild-eyed), необикновен (devilish, different, distinct, exceptional, extraordinary, freak, freakish, novel, out, out of the ordinary, out of the way, phenomenal, portentous, quaint, remarkable, singular, special, unaccustomed, unaverage, uncommon, unconventional, unheard of, unusual, weird), най-отдалечен (farthermost, farthest, inmost, innermost, outermost, utmost, uttermost), прекален (excessive, inordinate, overdone, profuse, superfluous, thick, unconscionable, undue, unholy, unmerciful). (various references)

Chinese 

非常 (exceptional, extraordinary, unusual, very), 极端 (Extremely), 極端 . (various references)

Czech

extrémní (far), extrém, přepjatý (exalted, genteel, prim), nesmírný (enormous, great, immeasurable, immense, infinite, prodigious, rare, unbounded, utmost, vast), nejzazší (hindmost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost), nejvzdálenìjší (furthermost, ultimate), krutý (atrocious, bitter, brutal, cruel, dispiteous, fierce, gory, grim, hard, harsh, heartless, heathenish, rigid, ruthless, savage, severe, torsion, unkind, unrelenting, vicious, wolfish), krajní (excessive, outer, outmost, ultra, utmost, uttermost). (various references)

Danish

ekstrem. (various references)

Dutch

extreem (excessive, extremely, inordinate), uiterst (enormously, extremely, utmost), ergst, bovenmatig. (various references)

Esperanto

ekstrema. (various references)

Faeroese

evstur, ytstur, markleysur (absolute). (various references)

Farsi 

فزونی (Amplitude, Excess, Intensity, Prepayment), مفرط (Boisterous, Excessive, Extravagant, Inordinate, Intensive), حداکثر (Peak, Utmost, Uttermost), خیلی زیاد (Oodles, Superabundant), دورترین نقطه , درمنتهی الیه , بینهایت . (various references)

Finnish

äärimmäinen (utmost). (various references)

French

extrême (extremeness). (various references)

German

extrem (camp, excessive, extremely, punitive, thoroughgoing, way out), außergewöhnlich (exceptional, exceptionally, extraordinarily, extraordinary, extremely, out of the ordinary, remarkable, remarkably, uncommon, uncommonly, unseasonably, unusual), äußerst (awfully, deucedly, exceedingly, excessively, extremely, heartily, intensely, most, outermost, outmost, scrupulously, superlative, supremely, utmost, utter, utterly, uttermost, vastly, veriest). (various references)

Greek 

έσχατοσ (dire, hindmost, nethermost, outermost, rearmost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost), που φτάνει στα άκρα, άκροσ (climactic, climactical, terminal, ultra, utmost, uttermost), άκρο (abutment, border, brim, brow, butt, edge, end, extremity, foot, ledge, limb, Marge, Neb, peak, rim, tip, verge), ακραίοσ, ακραίος. (various references)

Hebrew 

מופלג (distant, prominent, remote, superlative), מדה קצונית, קצוני (drastic, extremist, last, mortal, radical, terminal, ultra), גדול ביותר (paramount). (various references)

Hungarian

véglet (extremity), túlzás (exaggeration, excess, excessiveness, hyperbole, hyperbolism, overstatement, stretching, tall story), szélső érték, igen nagy (huge, mammoth, mortal, walloping), kétségbeejtő helyzet (desperate state of affairs), kimondhatatlan (beyond expression, ineffable, inexpressible, nefandous, unspeakable, unutterable), kivételes (be exceptional, exceptional, exceptive, extraordinary, out of the ordinary, rare, unique), legnagyobb (maximal, outside, paramount, utmost), legnagyobb fokú (top), legszélső (farthest, outermost, utmost), legtávolabbi (farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, off, outermost, utmost, uttermost), határtalan (borderless, boundless, excessive, huge, illimitable, indefinite, infinite, limitless, measureless, spaceless, termless, to know no bounds, unbounded), szélső (terminal, winger), vészes helyzet, szélsőség (extremity), szélsőséges (exaggerated, fantastic, inordinate), szertelenség (diablerie, excessiveness, extravagance, rampancy), túlzó (agonistic, exaggerated, exaggerative, excessive, exorbitant, fulsome, hyperbolic, hyperbolical, hyperbolist, litotes, ultra), utolsó (dernier, ending, final, last, ultimate), végső fok, végső határ (bent). (various references)

Indonesian

ekstrim, ekstrem, terik (fried spiced beef, intense). (various references)

Italian

estremo (deucedly, exceeding, farthest, furthest, last, outermost, outmost, outside, ultimate, ultra). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

窮極 (ultimate), 甚だしい (excessive, heavy damage, intense, serious, severe, terrible, tremendous), 極端 (extremity). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きわまりない (boundless, extremely, in the extreme, limitless), きゅうきょく (eventual, final, ultimate), きょくたん (extremity), きょくど (curvature, maximum, utmost), きょくてん (climax, pole), きょうげき (classical Chinese opera, eccentric, pincer attack, pincer movement, radical), きょく (affair, big frame, channel, climax, culmination, department, extremity, height, nadir, piece of music, pole, situation, tune, zenith), しんじんなる (deep), かげき (opera, radical), はなはだしい (excessive, heavy, intense, serious, severe, terrible, tremendous). (various references)

Korean 

극단. (various references)

Manx

kione (bottom, chief, close, closing, dyke, end, extremity, finish, head, headland, point, point of argument, poll, ringleader, termination, top, top of flower, top-end, tribune), jerrey (back, back of cart, bottom, close, closing, closure, conclusion, effect, end, expiration, expiry, finale, finish, hinderpart, offal, stern, termination). (various references)

Norwegian

ytterst (extremely). (various references)

Papiamen

ekstremo. (various references)

Pig Latin

extremeay.(various references)

Portuguese

extremo (furthest, high, intense, outdoor, outermost, outmost, out-of-door, outside, plaguy, supreme, surpassing, ultra, utmost, utter, uttermost). (various references)

Romanian

extrem (abject, exceeding, excessive, extremely, furthermost, furthest, greatest, highest, like hell, outermost, paramount, steep, supreme, ultimate, unmitigated, utmost, uttermost). (various references)

Russian 

чрезмерный (exacting, exceeding, excessive, exorbitant, fulsome, immoderate, inordinate, over, overextended, overweening, prodigal, profuse, prohibitive, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, unconscionable, undue), крайняя степень (outside), крайность (emergency, exigence, exigency, extremeness, extremity), крайний (extravagant, last, margin, out, outside, supreme, ultra, utmost, utter, uttermost), предел экстремальный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ekstreman (ultra), ekstrem, ekstermistički (ultra), nesrazmeran (disproportionate, unproportional, unshapely), krajnost (extremeness), krajnji (crass, externally, furthermost, last, marginal, outermost, terminal, ultimate, ultra, utmost, uttermost). (various references)

Spanish

extremo (butt, critical, desperate, end, extremity, far, furthest, highest point, last, outer, outermost, outside, paramount, superlative, thoroughgoing, ultimate, ultra-, utmost, wing). (various references)

Swedish

ytterlighet (extremity). (various references)

Turkish

en uç (farthermost, farthest), en uç nokta, ölçüsüz (beyond measure, exceeding, excessive, extravagant, immoderate, incommensurable, inordinate, intemperate, measureless, out of all measure, unbounded, unconscionable, unmeasured), ölçüsüzlük (excess, immoderation, intemperance), aşırı (acute, beastly, beyond, breakneck, camp, confoundedly, cruelly, crusted, damned, dead, deep, desperate, desperately, devilish, disproportionate, every other day, exaggerated, exceeding, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, exquisite, extortionate, extravagant, extremely, fancy, ferocious, filthy, fond, fulsome, hard, heavy, hell, hell of, high, horrendous, horrific, hyper-, immoderate, inordinate, intense, intensive, like hell, like sin, outrageous, over, overweening, precious, shocking, splitting, steep, super, terribly, thick, ultra, unbounded, unco, unconscionable, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, violent), aşırı derece (extremity), aşırılık (deadliness, dissipation, exaggeration, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, extremism, frenzy, insobriety, intemperance, intenseness, intension, rampancy, vagaries, vagary), çıkmaz (cleft stick, crunch, culde-sac, dead, dead end, deadlock, den, dilemma, fix, impasse, inerasable, predicament, quag, quagmire, quicksand, scrape, stalemate, toughie), şiddetli (acute, astringent, bitter, brutal, burning, cast iron, consuming, deep, drastic, exquisite, ferocious, flaming, flash, forceful, frenetic, frenzied, fulminant, furious, gusty, hard, harsh, heavy, high, hot, impetuous, intemperate, intense, intensive, ironclad, keen, profound, rigorous, round, severe, sharp, slashing, sledgehammer, smacking, smart, smashing, spanking, splitting, stand up, stern, stinging, stormy, strenuous, strong, sweeping, tempestuous, torrential, vehement, vicious, vigorous, violent, virulent), tezat (contradiction, contrast, incompatibility, interference, setoff), kesin (absolute, accurate, assertive, categorical, certain, cheese it, clean-cut, clear-cut, conclusive, decided, decisive, declared, definite, definitive, determined, dogmatic, downright, exact, express, final, firm, flat, frozen, implicit, indisputable, indubitable, irreversible, irrevocable, mathematical, ocular, outright, peremptory, point blank, pointed, precise, pronounced, rigid, rigorous, round, safe, scientific, specific, spot-on, Square, stark, sure, sure as death, unambiguous, uncompromising, undoubted, unquestionable, unquestioned, unquestioning, utter), mutlâk (absolute, certain, infallible, peremptory, plenipotentiary, positively, sovereign, sov'ran, strict, unconditional, unconditioned, unqualified, utter, very), olağanüstü (above the ordinary, breathtaking, classical, dreamy, exceeding, exceptional, extra, extraordinary, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, huge, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, miraculous, necromantic, out of this world, paramount, phenomenal, portentous, preternatural, prodigious, rare, raving, remarkable, shining, smashing, special, spectacular, splendid, sublime, supernatural, supernormal, terrific, unearthly), sınır (border, borderland, borderline, bound, boundary, bourn, Bourne, butting, circumscription, compass, confine, deadline, extremity, frontier, limit, limitation, line of demarcation, March, pale, purlieu, skirting, stint, verge, watershed), son derece (all-fired, almighty, arrant, awfully, beyond measure, cruelly, damn, damned, darned, deadly, deeply, desperately, dire, direful, exceedingly, exceptionally, extremely, extremity, highly, immensely, in the extreme, in the highest degree, infinitely, intense, intensely, jolly, last, out and out, rattling, revoltingly, sadly, strongly, sublime, terribly, thundering, to the nth degree, to the utmost, unco, utmost, uttermost, veriest, with a vengeance), axiri. (various references)

Turkmen 

gyraky (outer). (various references)

Ukrainian

крайність (extremity, outrance, perisher), крайній (bottom, dire, extremistic, hindmost, marginal, out, outside, ultimate, utmost, uttermost), конче, надто (extremely, most, overly, overmuch, super, too), надмірність (excess, excessiveness, exorbitance, exorbitancy, nimiety, plethora, profusion, rampancy, redundance, redundancy, surfeit), надзвичайний (abysmal, dense, dreadful, egregious, exceeding, exceptional, prodigious, snorting, uncommon, unusual, water, woundy), екстремальний. (various references)

Vietnamese 

xa nhất (endmost, farthermost, utmost, uttermost), tột bực (consummate, extremely, utmost, uttermost), cùng cực (all-fired, howling), ở tít đằng đầu, ở tột cùng vô cùng, ở đằng cùng. (various references)

Welsh

eithafol, eithaf (antipodes, quite, superlative, utmost). (various references)

extremus, primoribus, summa, summum. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "extreme": extremely, extremeness, extremenesses, extremer, extremes, extremest. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Extreme" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eltermere, estreme, excreme, exteme, Externe, extream, extreame, extreem, extrem, extrema, extremado, extremel, extrems, extrete. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: meeter, remeet, teemer.

-2 letters: emeer, exert, meter, metre, remet, remex, retem.

-3 letters: meet, mere, mete, rete, teem, term, tree.

-4 letters: eme, ere, met, ree, rem, ret, rex, tee.

-5 letters: em, er, et, ex, me, re.

+1 letter: extremer, extremes.

+2 letters: excrement, extempore, extermine, extremely, extremest, hexameter.

+3 letters: excrements, experiment, extermined, extermines, hexameters.

+4 letters: excremental, experiments, extemporise, extemporize, exterminate, extremeness, extremities, metroplexes.

+5 letters: experimental, experimented, experimenter, extemporised, extemporises, extemporized, extemporizer, extemporizes, extensometer, exterminated, exterminates, methotrexate.