Extreme

//ɪkˈstɹiːm//

Synonyms for "extreme" (451 found)

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out of boundsout of sightout of this worldoutermostoutmostoutrageousoutrageousnessoutreoutsideoutstandingoverbigoverdevelopedoverdevelopmentoverdoneoverdrawnoveremphasisoveremphasizedoveremphaticoverenthusiasticoverestimatedoverestimationovergreatovergreatnessovergrownovergrowthoverindulgenceoverindulgentoverindulgingoverkilloverlargeoverlargenessovermuchovermuchnessoverpraisedoverreligiousoversoldoverstatedoverstatementoverstressedoverweeningoverwroughtoverzealouspeakperfervidpiercingpinkpinnaclepoignantpointpolarpolepreposterousprodigalprodigalityprofoundprofuseprofusenesspuffedpuffed uppufferypuffing upqueerrabidradicalradicalismrebelrebelliousrecordredremarkableremotestrestrictiverevolutionalrevolutionaryrevolutionistrigidrigorousrimmingriotousroughseditionaryseditiousself-indulgentsensationalsensationalismseveresharpskirtingsoresplittingsteepsternstiffstretchedstretchingstrictstringentstubstumpsubversivesummitsuperlativesupernaturalsupremeswingswinishsyndicalisttagtag endtailtail endtall talkterminalterminatingterminativethe wholethresholdthuletiptoo muchtoo-muchnesstoptoughtoutedtoutingtoweringtraitoroustravestytreasonableturbulentultima thuleultimateultraultra-ultraultraconservativeultraistultraisticultrazealousunbridleduncommonuncompromisingunconscionableunconscionablenessunconstraineduncontrolledunconventionalundisciplinedundueunduenessunfrugalunheard-ofunlimitedunmeasurableunmeasuredunreasonableunreasonablenessunrestrainedunrestrainednessunthriftyunusualunusuallyunwarrantedutmost extentvehementvenomousveryviolentvirulentvividway outweirdwildwild eyedwild-eyedwild-lookingworstzealoticzenith
Adjective(2 words)

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223 translations across 44 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • skai adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἄκρον noun (greatest or utmost point, degree or condition)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَخِير adj (archaic: ultimate, final or last)
  • الْأَبْعَد adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • الْأُقْصَى adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • خَطِير adj (drastic, or of great severity)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ծայրահեղ adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • ծայրահեղ adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • ծայրահեղ adj (drastic, or of great severity)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • fövqəladə adj (drastic, or of great severity)
  • ifrat adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • ifrat noun (drastic expedient)
  • ifratçılıq noun (drastic expedient)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • кра́йні adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • празме́рны adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • экстрэма́льны adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • экстрэма́льны adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • драстичен adj (drastic, or of great severity)
  • екстремен adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • екстремен adj (of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment)
  • извънреден adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)

Catalan

4 entries
  • extrem adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • extrem adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • extrem adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • extrem adj (drastic, or of great severity)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 末端 adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • 極大的 /极大的 adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • 極度的 /极度的 adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • 極端的 /极端的 adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)

Czech

4 entries
  • extrémní adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • extrémní adj (of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment)
  • krajní adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • extrém noun (each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale)

Danish

3 entries
  • ekstrem adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • ekstrem noun (greatest or utmost point, degree or condition)
  • yderpol noun (greatest or utmost point, degree or condition)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afgelegen adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • drastisch adj (drastic, or of great severity)
  • drastische adj (drastic, or of great severity)
  • extreem adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • ekstrema adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • plej fora adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • ekstremo noun (greatest or utmost point, degree or condition)
  • ekstremo noun (each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ankara adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • ankara adj (drastic, or of great severity)
  • extreme adj (of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment)
  • kova adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)

French

4 entries
  • excessif adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • extrême adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • extrême adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • extrême adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)

Galician

4 entries
  • cabeiro adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • estremeiro adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • extremo adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • extremo adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)

German

4 entries
  • extrem adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • extrem adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • extrem adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • extrem adj (drastic, or of great severity)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐍃 adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐍃 adj (drastic, or of great severity)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • ekstrèm adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קיצוני adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • extrém adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • extrém adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • extrém adj (drastic, or of great severity)
  • extrém adj (of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment)

Ido

1 entries
  • extrema adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • ekstrem adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • reunimain adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • äärimäin adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)

Irish

1 entries
  • foirceann noun (each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale)

Italian

4 entries
  • estremo adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • estremo adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • estremo adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • estremo adj (of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 末端の adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • 極度の adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • 極端な adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • 究極の adj (archaic: ultimate, final or last)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ក្រៃលែង adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • ក្រៃលែង adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)

Korean

1 entries
  • 극단적 adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)

Latin

2 entries
  • extrēmus adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • extrēmus adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)

Malay

1 entries
  • ekstrem adj (archaic: ultimate, final or last)

Māori

1 entries
  • inati adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)

Navajo

1 entries
  • doodagóó adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • آشیری adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)

Polish

4 entries
  • drastyczny adj (drastic, or of great severity)
  • ekstremalny adj (of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment)
  • nadzwyczajny adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • skrajny adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • excessivo adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • extremo adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • extremo adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • extremo adj (drastic, or of great severity)

Russian

4 entries
  • да́льний adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • кра́йний adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • после́дний adj (archaic: ultimate, final or last)
  • чрезвыча́йный adj (drastic, or of great severity)

Spanish

2 entries
  • extremo adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • extremo adj (archaic: ultimate, final or last)

Swedish

4 entries
  • avlägsen adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • extrem adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • extrem adj (drastic, or of great severity)
  • extrem adj (of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • matindi adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • sukdulan noun (greatest or utmost point, degree or condition)
  • sukdulan noun (each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale)
  • sukdulan noun (either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion)

Thai

2 entries
  • สุดโต่ง adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • สุดโต่ง adj (drastic, or of great severity)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • дале́кий adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)
  • екстрема́льний adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • екстрема́льний adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • кра́йній adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • cực đoan adj (excessive, or far beyond the norm)
  • cực đại adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • cực độ adj (in the greatest or highest degree; intense)
  • điểm cực adj (of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost)

Welsh

1 entries
  • begwn noun (each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.

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Your proposal is a bit extreme.

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If you drive with anything less than extreme caution, you're risking your life.

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They are the extreme cases.

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