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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative" [syn: extremist, radical, ultra]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: ultra- Date: 1818 going beyond others or beyond due limit ; extreme II. noun Etymology: ultra- Date: 1819 one that is ultra ; extremist

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. favouring extreme views or measures, esp. in religion or politics. --n. an extremist. Etymology: orig. as abbr. of F ultra-royaliste: see ULTRA-

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ultra Ul"tra, a. [See Ultra-.] Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ultra Ul"tra, n. One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical. --Brougham.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. 1. Beyond. 2. Extreme, radical. II. n. Ultraist, extremist, radical.

Moby Thesaurus

Bolshevik, Jacobin, Wobbly, anarchist, anarcho-syndicalist, at the height, at the limit, extreme, extreme left-winger, extremist, fanatic, far out, furthest, greatest, kinky, left-wing extremist, lunatic fringe, mild radical, most, nihilist, outre, parlor Bolshevik, parlor pink, pink, pinko, rabid, radical, red, revolutional, revolutionary, revolutionist, sans-culotte, subversive, syndicalist, too much, ultra-ultra, ultraist, utmost, uttermost, way out, yippie