| extra | (adjective) further or added | Synonyms: additional |
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| (adjective) more than is needed, desired, or required | Synonyms: excess, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus |
| (adjective) added to a regular schedule | Synonyms: special |
| (noun) something additional of the same kind | Synonyms: duplicate |
| (noun) an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis) | - |
| (noun) a minor actor in crowd scenes | Synonyms: spear carrier, supernumerary |
| (adverb) unusually or exceptionally | - |
| extracellular | (adjective) located or occurring outside a cell or cells | - |
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| extract | (noun) a passage selected from a larger work | Synonyms: excerpt, excerption, selection |
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| (noun) a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) | Synonyms: infusion |
| (verb) extract by the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil, distill |
| (verb) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy | Synonyms: excerpt, take out |
| (verb) calculate the root of a number | - |
| (verb) remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense | Synonyms: draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out |
| (verb) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | Synonyms: express, press out |
| (verb) separate (a metal) from an ore | - |
| (verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: draw out, educe, elicit, evoke |
| (verb) get despite difficulties or obstacles | - |
| extractable | (adjective) capable of being extracted | Synonyms: extractible |
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| extractant | (noun) an immiscible liquid used to extract a substance from another liquid. | - |
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| extractible | (adjective) capable of being extracted | Synonyms: extractable |
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| extraction | (noun) the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force) | - |
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| (noun) properties attributable to your ancestry | Synonyms: descent, origin |
| (noun) the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means | - |
| extractivity | (noun) the amount of extract that grains of malt yield. | - |
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| extractor | (noun) an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components | - |
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| (noun) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension | Synonyms: centrifuge, separator |
| (noun) a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector | Synonyms: cartridge extractor, cartridge remover |
| extracurricular | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: adulterous, extramarital |
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| (adjective) outside the regular duties of your job or profession | - |
| (adjective) outside the regular academic curriculum | - |
| extradite | (verb) hand over to the authorities of another country | Synonyms: deliver, deport |
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| extradition | (noun) the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty) | - |
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| extrados | (noun) the exterior curve of an arch | - |
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| extradural | (adjective) on or outside the dura mater | Synonyms: epidural |
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| extragalactic | (adjective) outside or beyond a galaxy | - |
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| extrajudicial | (adjective) beyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted | - |
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| extralegal | (adjective) not regulated or sanctioned by law | Synonyms: nonlegal |
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| extralinguistic | (adjective) not included within the realm of language | - |
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| extramarital | (adjective) characterized by adultery | Synonyms: adulterous, extracurricular |
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| extramural | (adjective) carried on outside the bounds of an institution or community | - |
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| extraneity | (noun) The state of not forming an essential or vital part. | Synonyms: extraneousness |
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| extraneous | (adjective) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source | Synonyms: foreign |
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| (adjective) not pertinent to the matter under consideration | Synonyms: immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal |
| (adjective) coming from the outside | Synonyms: external, outside |
| (adjective) not essential | - |
| extraneousness | (noun) The state of not forming an essential or vital part. | Synonyms: extraneity |
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| (noun) unrelatedness by virtue of falling outside the matter at hand | - |
| extraordinaire | (adjective) extraordinary in a particular capacity | - |
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| extraordinarily | (adverb) to a surprising degree | Synonyms: inordinately |
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| extraordinariness | (noun) the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered | - |
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| extraordinary | (adjective) beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; special | - |
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| (adjective) far more than usual or expected | Synonyms: over-the-top, sinful |
| (adjective) (of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials | - |
| extrapolate | (verb) estimate the value of something based on known values | Synonyms: interpolate |
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| (verb) gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating | - |
| (verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, infer |
| extrapolation | (noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values | - |
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| (noun) an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations | - |
| extrasensory | (adjective) seemingly outside normal sensory channels | Synonyms: paranormal |
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| extrasystole | (noun) a premature systole resulting in a momentary cardiac arrhythmia | - |
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| extrasystolic | (adjective) of or relating to or happening during an extrasystole | - |
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| extraterrestrial | (adjective) originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere | - |
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| (noun) a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | Synonyms: alien, extraterrestrial being |
| extraterritorial | (adjective) outside territorial limits or jurisdiction | Synonyms: exterritorial |
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| extravagance | (noun) the activity of excessive spending | Synonyms: high life, highlife, lavishness, prodigality |
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| (noun) the trait of spending extravagantly | Synonyms: prodigality, profligacy |
| (noun) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth | Synonyms: extravagancy |
| extravagancy | (noun) the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth | Synonyms: extravagance |
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| extravagant | (adjective) unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings | Synonyms: excessive, exuberant, overweening |
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| (adjective) recklessly wasteful | Synonyms: prodigal, profligate, spendthrift |
| extravagantly | (adverb) in a wasteful manner | Synonyms: lavishly |
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| (adverb) in a rich and lavish manner | Synonyms: lavishly, richly |
| (adverb) in an abundant manner | Synonyms: abundantly, copiously, profusely |
| extravaganza | (noun) any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment | - |
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| extravasate | (verb) cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth | - |
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| (verb) become active and spew forth lava and rocks | Synonyms: belch, erupt |
| (verb) force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel | - |
| extravasation | (noun) the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine | - |
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| (noun) (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed) | Synonyms: eructation, eruption |
| (noun) an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation | - |
| extraversion | (noun) (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self | Synonyms: extroversion |
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| extraversive | (adjective) directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality | Synonyms: extroversive |
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| extravert | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive |
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| (noun) (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings | Synonyms: extrovert |
| extraverted | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive |
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| extravertive | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extrovert, extroverted, extrovertive |
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| extreme | (adjective) most distant in any direction | - |
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| (adjective) far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree | - |
| (adjective) of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity | Synonyms: utmost, uttermost |
| (adjective) beyond a norm in views or actions | - |
| (noun) the furthest or highest degree of something | - |
| (noun) the point located farthest from the middle of something | Synonyms: extreme point, extremum |
| extremely | (adverb) to an extreme degree | Synonyms: deathly, exceedingly, super |
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| (adverb) to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect | Synonyms: highly |
| extremeness | (noun) the quality of being extreme | - |
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| extremism | (noun) any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies | - |
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| extremist | (adjective) (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm | Synonyms: radical, ultra |
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| (noun) a person who holds extreme views | - |
| extremity | (noun) an external body part that projects from the body | Synonyms: appendage, member |
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| (noun) that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso | - |
| (noun) the outermost or farthest region or point | - |
| (noun) the greatest or utmost degree | - |
| (noun) an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease) | - |
| extremum | (noun) the point located farthest from the middle of something | Synonyms: extreme, extreme point |
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| (noun) the most extreme possible amount or value | Synonyms: peak |
| extricable | (adjective) capable of being extricated | - |
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| extricate | (verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disencumber, disentangle, untangle |
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| extrication | (noun) the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition | Synonyms: disentanglement, unsnarling, untangling |
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| extrinsic | (adjective) not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside | - |
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| extropic | (adjective) of or relating to extropy | - |
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| extropy | (noun) the prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe | - |
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| extrospection | (noun) examination or observation of what is outside oneself, as opposed to introspection. | - |
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| extrospective | (adjective) not introspective; examining what is outside yourself | Synonyms: extroverted |
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| extroversion | (noun) (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self | Synonyms: extraversion |
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| extroversive | (adjective) directed outward; marked by interest in others or concerned with external reality | Synonyms: extraversive |
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| extrovert | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extroverted, extrovertive |
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| (noun) (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings | Synonyms: extravert |
| extroverted | (adjective) not introspective; examining what is outside yourself | Synonyms: extrospective |
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| (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extrovertive |
| (adjective) at ease in talking to others | Synonyms: forthcoming, outgoing |
| extrovertish | (adjective) being somewhat extroverted | - |
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| extrovertive | (adjective) being concerned with the social and physical environment | Synonyms: extravert, extraverted, extravertive, extrovert, extroverted |
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| extrude | (verb) form or shape by forcing through an opening | Synonyms: squeeze out |
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| extrusion | (noun) squeezing out by applying pressure | Synonyms: expulsion |
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| (noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | Synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
| extrusive | (adjective) of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface | - |
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