Extremity synonyms and antonyms

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edge (related)
Keenness, as of desire or enjoyment; zest:
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limit
The point, edge, or line beyond which something ends, may not go, or is not allowed:
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outside
The utmost limit; the maximum:
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utmost point
The end
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limb
The definition of a limb is a branch or a jointed part of the body.
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hand
The strength or force of one's position:
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foot
The definition of a foot is the end or last of something or 12 inches.
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end (related)
(Football) A player at either end of the line
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appendage (related)
An appendage is defined as an extra part that is attached to something.
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finger (related)
Little Finger - Also known as the baby finger or pinky, the little finger is the smallest of all the fingers. Its anatomical name is the 5th finger, digitus quintus or digitus V, while hand analysts call it the 4th finger or the Mercury finger.
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toe (related)
A projecting arm raised or moved by a cam
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apex
The highest point; peak; vertex
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arm
The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
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backside
The side of something that is opposite the front.
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border
A decorative strip around the edge of something.
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boundary
(Cricket) An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (a four) or 6 (a six) runs respectively for the batting team.
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brink
The point at which something is likely to begin; the verge:
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crisis
A turning point in the course of anything; decisive or crucial time, stage, or event
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danger
Mischief.
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disaster
Any happening that causes great harm or damage; serious or sudden misfortune; calamity
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distress
(Law) The act of distraining or seizing goods to compel payment or other satisfaction for a debt or other duty owed; distraint.
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leg
(Nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
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outermost
The end
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tail
The lower end of a pool or stream
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terminus
(Chiefly Brit.) Either end of a transportation line, or a station or town located there; terminal
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verge
(UK, historical) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
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trunk (antonym)
The main line or body of anything.
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middle (antonym)
The middle part of the body; waist
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minimum (antonym)
Minimum means the lowest amount or allowable amount of something.
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emergency
(Canada, US, often attributive) The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
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flash point
The lowest temperature at which a liquid can form an ignitable mixture in air near the surface of the liquid.
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politics (related)
The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.
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safety (related)
(American football) Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.
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member
One who officially belongs to a group.
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upper-end (related)
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protuberance (related)
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hyoid (related)
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abdomen (related)
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Extremity Sentence Examples

  • Two fine inlets, Berkeley Sound and Port William, run far into the land at the northeastern extremity of the island.

  • They are placed on a line joining the north end of Sumatra and Cape Negrais, the south-western extremity of Burma.

  • In Heliodrilus the blind extremity of the spermatheca is enclosed in a coelomic sac which is in connexion with the sacs envolving the ovaries and oviducts.

  • On its western extremity it is linked by secondary ranges to the mountain system of Morocco.

  • Two other states on the northern extremity of the island were so far devastated by the Tambora eruption of 1815 that their territory, after lying for long uninhabited, was in 1866 divided between Dompo and Sangar.

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