extreme
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the furthest or highest degree of something
he carried it to extremes
Types & categories
- level hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
extreme cold
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Sense 3 noun
the point located farthest from the middle of something
Types & categories
Sense 4 adjective
far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree
an extreme example
Related & opposite
- extremity derivation
- extremity derivation
- immoderate similar to
Sense 5 adjective
beyond a norm in views or actions
an extreme conservative
Related & opposite
- immoderate similar to
Sense 6 adjective
most distant in any direction
the extreme edge of town
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | level |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | utmost |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | extremity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | extremity |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | intense |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | extremity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | apex |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | extremity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | extremity |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | immoderate |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | immoderate |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | extremity |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | distant |