extreme: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 16 letter points · starts with E · ends with E
Meaning of extreme
adj
Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
Example: At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.
In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
Example: He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor.
Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
Example: His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home.
Drastic, or of great severity.
Example: I think the new laws are extreme, but many believe them necessary for national security.
Listed forms: extremer, extremest, extream, extreame, xtreme.
Source: Wiktionary — extreme.
noun
The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.
Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
Example: extremes of temperature
A drastic expedient.
Example: Some people go to extremes for attention on social media.
Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.
Listed forms: extremes, extream, extreame, xtreme.
Source: Wiktionary — extreme.
adv
- archaic
Extremely.
Listed forms: extream, extreame, xtreme.
Source: Wiktionary — extreme.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for extreme.
adjective
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
noun
the point located farthest from the middle of something
- extreme point
- extremum
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of extreme
E(1) + X(8) + T(1) + R(1) + E(1) + M(3) + E(1) = 16 points.
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Anagrams of extreme
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from extreme
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