extreme

adjective/ɪkˈstriːm/

Frequency rank: #1,748 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Very great in degree; the furthest possible.

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Example sentence

The weather today is so extreme that it swings from blazing heat to freezing cold within hours.

Synonyms & related words

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