1. Of the greatest possible degree, extent or intensity
   "extreme cold";
   - utmost, uttermost
    
2. Far beyond a norm in quantity, amount or degree; to an utmost degree
   "extreme danger"; "an extreme example"; "extreme temperatures"
    
3. Beyond a norm in views or actions
   "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"
    
4. Most distant in any direction
   "the extreme edge of town"
    
5. Involving high levels of risk, difficulty, or intensity in sports
   "The extreme skiing conditions tested even expert athletes"

1. The furthest or highest degree of something
   "he carried it to extremes"
    
2. The point located farthest from the middle of something
   "The extreme point of the peninsula offered a panoramic view of the ocean";
   - extreme point, extremum

Derived forms: extremest, extremer, extremes

See also: distant, immoderate, intense

Type of: degree, extremity, grade, level

Encyclopedia: Extreme