nonextreme

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌnɑnɪkˈstrim/ UK /ˌnɒnɪkˈstriːm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not extreme; moderate

He favoured nonextreme positions on most political questions.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · not extreme; moderate moderate mild temperate reasonable middling

Opposites

extreme radical excessive

Word family

Related forms extreme

Etymology

From non- ('not') + extreme, from Latin extremus ('outermost'), superlative of exterus ('outward').

non Latin extremus Latin

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Describing Qualities

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# nonextreme

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌnɑnɪkˈstrim/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌnɒnɪkˈstriːm/

## Meanings
1. not extreme; moderate

## Examples
- He favoured nonextreme positions on most political questions.

## Synonyms
- moderate
- mild
- temperate
- reasonable
- middling

## Antonyms
- extreme
- radical
- excessive

## Related Forms
- extreme

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: non
- Root: extremus

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + extreme, from Latin extremus ('outermost'), superlative of exterus ('outward').

## AI Etymology
Nonextreme comes from non- ('not') + extreme, from Latin extremus ('outermost'), superlative of exterus ('outward'). The etymological trail includes Latin non and Latin extremus. As an adjective, nonextreme means not extreme; moderate. The same family is visible in related forms such as extreme. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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