Word Meaning

extremes definition and meaning

a. At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.
a. Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.
a. The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly.
a. Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.
a. Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth.
n. The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.
n. Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet.
n. An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc.
n. Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.
n. The first or the last term of a proportion or series.

Crossword clues for extremes

- Drastic
- Endless texts about me are excessive
- Endmost
- Far beyond the norm when seen in context, remember!
- Furthest
- Going to great lengths
- High-risk pastimes, ... sports
- In context, remediation may be drastic
- On the limits
- Outermost
- Reaching a high or highest degree
- Severe
- Ultra
- Utmost
- Uttermost
- Boundaries
- Bounds
- emancipationists
- Great lengths
- Limits
- Opposites; both ends
- Outer limits
- Outermost points