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extreme
adjective as in very great
adjective as in beyond reason and convention
Strongest matches
absolute, dire, drastic, egregious, exaggerated, exceptional, excessive, extraordinary, harsh, irrational, outrageous, radical, remarkable, severe, sheer, unreasonable, unusual, utter
Weak matches
downright, extravagant, fabulous, fanatical, flagrant, immoderate, improper, imprudent, inordinate, intemperate, nonsensical, out of proportion, out-and-out, preposterous, rabid, rigid, strict, thorough, unbending, uncommon, uncompromising, unconventional, unseemly, zealous
adjective as in faraway
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Example Sentences
Investigators will focus on whether the sudden emergency was so extreme that no degree of pilot skill would have helped.
He was part of an extreme, racialized white faction in the Louisiana state house that was clearly dead-set against honoring King.
In the most extreme cases, it allows for the extrajudicial killing of black people without consequence.
Nor should we ever assume that weather alone, however extreme, should be fatal to a commercial flight.
No one likes it when their sandcastle is knocked over, but his reaction is a bit, err, extreme.
Practise gliding in the form of inflection, or slide, from one extreme of pitch to another.
The controlling center of consciousness is the extreme limit of the nares anteri.
As a rule, however, even in the case of extreme varieties, a careful examination of the specimen will enable it to be identified.
Nothing but an extreme love of truth could have hindered me from concealing this part of my story.
It stands at one extreme of our currency, with a dollar of gold set aside behind each dollar of paper.
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On this page you'll find 262 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to extreme, such as: acute, intense, severe, utmost, high, and maximum.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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