I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.
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Extreme
//ɪkˈstɹiːm//
Synonyms for "extreme" (451 found)
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Closest matches (91)
distantdrasticexcessivefinalgreatimmoderateutmostuttermoststronga bit muchabandonabandonedabnormalacmeacuteaggrandizedaggrandizementallamplificationamplified
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anarchisticanarcho-syndicalistapexapogeearchardentat the heightballyhooballyhooedbibulousbig talkbigotedbitter endbizarreblowing upborderingborderlinebottom dollarboundaryboundingboundlessboundlessnessboundsbreakawayburlesquebuttbutt endcaricaturecaudalceilingclimaxcoastalconclusiveconservativeconstrictiveconsummationcrapulentcrapulouscrestcrownculminationcuttingdangerousdeaddeepdefinitivedepthdesperatedeterminantdeterminativedeterminingdifferentdilatationdilationdisproportionatedizzydraconianeccentricegregiousegregiousnessendendmost
Adjective(9 words)
Strong matches (135)
enhancementenlargementenormousenormousnesseventualexaggeratedexaggeratingexaggerationexceedinglyexceptionalexceptionallyexcessexcessivenessexcruciatingexorbitanceexorbitancyexorbitantexoticexpansionexquisite
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extraordinarilyextraordinaryextravaganceextravagancyextravagantextreme pointextremelyextremesextremismextremistextremisticextremityfabulousfabulousnessfactiousfag endfanaticfanaticalfancyfarfar outfar-offfarthermostfarthestfarthest boundfarthest offfiercefringingfrontierfullfuriousfurthermostfurthestgiantismgiganticgigantismglaringgluttonousgluttonygo to extremesgrandiloquencegrandiloquentgreatestgrossgrotesquehaggardharshheightheighteningheroichideboundhighhigh flownhigh-flownhighest degreehucksteringhyperbolehyperbolichyperbolismhypertrophiedhypertrophyimmoderacyimmoderatenessimmoderationin the extremeinclementincontinenceincontinentindulgentinflatedinflationinordinacyinordinanceinordinateinordinatenessinsurgentinsurrectionaryintemperanceintemperateintemperatenessintenseintolerableirrationaljumping off placejumping-off placekeenkookylargelastlimbicliminallimitlimitinglimitslittoralmagnificationmagnifiedmarginal
Adjective(14 words)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (225)
maximummeasuremildly radicalmonstrousmonstrousnessmortalmostmost distantmovingmutineeringmutinousnadirne plus ultranibnihilisticnimietynotablenoteworthynth degreeoffbeat
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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(20 words)
Noun(5 words)
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4 entriesAntonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
9 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
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1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
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5 entriesTranslations
223 translations across 44 languages.
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.
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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