ultra : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ultra	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for ultra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ultra adj (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative" Synonym(s): extremist, radical, ultra
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultra \Ul"tra\, a. [See {Ultra-}.] Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultra \Ul"tra\, n. One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical. --Brougham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultra- \Ul"tra-\, a. A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see {Ulterior}), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.