ultra

¹ul·tra

adjective \ˈəl-trə\

Definition of ULTRA

:  going beyond others or beyond due limit :  extreme

Examples of ULTRA

1. <espouses a kind of ultra conservatism that even some members of his own party cannot support>

Origin of ULTRA

ultra-

First Known Use: 1818

Related to ULTRA

Synonyms

extremist, fanatic (or fanatical), rabid, radical, revolutionary, revolutionist, extreme

Antonyms

middle-of-the-road, nonrevolutionary, unrevolutionary

Related Words

subversive, violent, wild; reactionary

Near Antonyms

conservative, moderate, temperate; conventional, orthodox, traditional; liberal, progressive

²ultra

noun

Definition of ULTRA

:  one that is ultra :  extremist

Origin of ULTRA

ultra-

First Known Use: 1819

ultra

noun    (Concise Encyclopedia)

Member of the extreme right (ultraroyalist) wing of the royalist movement in the French Bourbon Restoration (1815–30). The ultras included large landowners, clericalists, and the former émigré nobility. Opposed to the French Revolution's secular and egalitarian principles, they called for restrictions on the press and greater power for the Catholic church. They controlled the Chamber of Deputies and the cabinet for most of the 1820s, especially during the reign of their leader Charles X. Their policies proved unpopular, and they lost power after 1827; with the July Revolution (1830), the faction ceased to exist.