say it: UHL-truh
ultra is an adjective meaning "(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm". It is pronounced /ˈʌltɹə/ — UHL-truh. It carries one recorded sense.
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
“extremist political views”
“radical opinions on education”
“an ultra conservative”
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 ultra 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.