extreme

adj

1. exceptional, extraordinary, out of the ordinary, notable, outstanding, remarkable, Sl. hell of a; unusual, abnormal, unconventional, different, offbeat, exotic, foreign, strange, odd, bizarre, weird, eccentric, Inf. way-out. Sl. far-out; egregious, flagrant, glaring.

2. maximum, maximal, max., greatest, most, utmost, uttermost; supreme, paramount, superlative, Inf. almighty; highest, uppermost, upper, topmost, top, tiptop, summital, apical.

3. lowest, least, slightest, smallest, minimal, minim.

4. farthest, remotest, outermost, outlying, outer, apogeal, apogean, marginal, peripheral; distant, remote, far-off, faraway; last, hindmost, rearmost, end-most, ultimate, Fr. dernier. final, terminal, terminating, ending, finishing, closing, concluding, culminating.

5. radical, drastic, complete, total, thorough, thoroughgoing; sheer, utter, downright, out-and-out, unqualified, unmitigated, arrant; excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, inordinate, undue, unnecessary, uncalled for, disproportionate; unlimited, beyond the bounds, Inf. steep, Fr. outre; immoderate, intemperate, overindulgent, uncontrolled, unrestrained, unbridled, violent, severe; unreasonable, irrational, uncompromising, fanatical, zealous, rabid, Inf. all-fired.

n

6. maximum, max., most, uttermost, utmost, Math. extremum; apex, vertex, apogee, acme, zenith, Latin, ne plus ultra; summit, pinnacle, peak, height, top, tip, tiptop; best, finest, prime, U.S. Sl. the most, U.S. Sl. the greatest, Sl. the tops.

7. opposite, pole, contrary, counter, contradiction, antonym, the other end of the scale.

8. excessiveness, excess, extravagance, exorbitance, outrageousness, inordinance, disproportion; immoderation, intemperance, overindulgence; unreasonableness, irrationality, fanaticalness, radicalness, zealousness, rabidity, rabidness.

9. extremity, crisis, emergency, exigency, pressing situation; adversity, pinch, plight, quandary, dire strait or circumstance, time of stress.

10. last resort, Fr. dernier resort. risk, chance, going out on a limb; ultimatum.