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Adjective extreme has 4 senses

extreme, utmost, uttermost - of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress"
Antonym: mild (indirect, via intense)
extreme - far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree; "an extreme example"; "extreme temperatures"; "extreme danger"
Antonym: moderate (indirect, via immoderate)
extreme - beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"
Antonym: moderate (indirect, via immoderate)
extreme - most distant in any direction; "the extreme edge of town"
Antonym: close (indirect, via distant)

Noun extreme has 2 senses

extreme - the furthest or highest degree of something; "he carried it to extremes"
--₁ is a kind of degree, grade, level
extreme point, extreme, extremum - the point located farthest from the middle of something
--₂ is a kind of extremity
--₂ has particulars: vertex, peak, apex, acme