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extreme
adjective as in very great
adjective as in beyond reason and convention
Strongest matches
absolute, dire, drastic, egregious, exaggerated, exceptional, excessive, extraordinary, harsh, irrational, outrageous, radical, remarkable, severe, sheer, unreasonable, unusual, utter
Weak matches
downright, extravagant, fabulous, fanatical, flagrant, immoderate, improper, imprudent, inordinate, intemperate, nonsensical, out of proportion, out-and-out, preposterous, rabid, rigid, strict, thorough, unbending, uncommon, uncompromising, unconventional, unseemly, zealous
adjective as in faraway
Example Sentences
This all doesn’t, though, preclude the possibility that these secretaries will have effective deputies, or that Trump will have advisers or “czars” within the White House, like far-right anti-immigrant figures Tom Homan and Stephen Miller, who can conceive and carry out extreme plans.
The high cost of baby formula is forcing many parents to "resort to extreme and unsafe measures to feed their babies", an MP has told the Commons.
Like any other would-be autocrat, President-elect Donald Trump is selecting people for key positions overseeing the military and legal system based not on objective merits but their personal loyalty to one man: in this case, a 78-year-old Republican who felt betrayed in his first term when more-or-less qualified cabinet officials would balk at some of his more extreme demands.
Several years ago, when climate change was beginning to emerge in the vernacular of the extreme right, Taylor’s publications began to reflect his own thoughts on the implications of the warming world.
But Trump has married his demagoguery to an extreme right-wing agenda that calls for disinvestment in public projects and public benefits, replacing federal employees with Trump loyalists, breaking alliances with our more liberal allies while forging stronger ties with reactionary regimes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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