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say it: ek-STREEM
extreme is an adjective and noun meaning "of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity". It carries 6 recorded senses.
far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree
“an extreme example”
“extreme temperatures”
“extreme danger”
beyond a norm in views or actions
“an extreme conservative”
“an extreme liberal”
“extreme views on integration”
“extreme opinions”
the point located farthest from the middle of something
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for extreme come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.