EXTREMENESS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

extremeness

noun

Definition of extremeness

as in excessiveness

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Noun

This excessiveness can hinder critical knowledge building because of the sheer amount of information that can be accessed simultaneously at any time.

— Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

Definition of excessiveness

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Nothing but verdant grey hills, sheep, and waist-high walls of ancient stones that vanished into the vastness of the landscape.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
The reef itself becomes the subject, inviting viewers to imagine its vastness from the perspective of one of its smallest inhabitants.

— Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of vastness

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Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.

— Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025

Definition of hugeness

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But Supergirl doesn’t quite want to deal with the immensity of its protagonist’s feelings; her drunken stupor is often played for laughs, defined by disheveled hair, big sunglasses, and plenty of slurred speech.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
The immensity of the body of water, which resembles an 186-mile vericose vein snaking across southern Utah, is difficult to comprehend or convey.

— Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026

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