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Synonyms for extremity

  • noun

Most common

limb appendage foot edge extreme intensity severity

All synonyms

Noun

1. Limb — A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”)

limb, appendage

Other

end, foot, tip, extreme, edge, severity, intensity, tail, pole, border, emergency, margin

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”).

Related words

Word family
extreme extremely extremist

Forms

Plural
extremities → limbs, appendages, ends, tips…

Example sentences

  • limb Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is.
  • appendage May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage.
  • foot It takes you an hour to go to the station on foot.
  • edge Sami seemed to have the edge on his older brother.
  • extreme The town is located in the extreme north of Japan.
  • intensity That feeling kept growing and growing in intensity.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
extremitysteady
limbsteady
appendagefalling
footsteady
edgerising
extremesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
end1, tip1
4 letters
foot1, edge1, tail1, pole1, limb1
6 letters
border2, margin2
7 letters
extreme2
8 letters
severity4
9 letters
emergency4, intensity4, appendage3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (border2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
extrémité
Italiano
estremità
Español
extremidad
Català
extremitat