adj radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.
2. extreme ·noun the first or the last term of a proportion or series.
3. extreme ·adj last; final; conclusive;
said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.
4. extreme ·noun an extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, ·etc.
5. extreme ·noun the utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.
6. extreme ·noun either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.
7. extreme ·adj at the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.
8. extreme ·adj extended or contracted as much as possible;
said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth.
9. extreme ·adj the best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly.
10. extreme ·noun 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.