external

  • (a) happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
    • the external auditory canal
    • external pressures
  • (s) coming from the outside
    • extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph
    • relying upon an extraneous income
    • disdaining outside pressure groups
    outside, extraneous,
  • (s) from or between other countries
    • external commerce
    • international trade
    • developing nations need outside help
    international, outside,
  • (s) purely outward or superficial
    • external composure
    • "an external concern for reputation"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.

Nouns

  • (n) outward features
    • he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion

Synonyms

outside extraneous international

Antonyms

internal

See also

outside

Words of close approximity

external angle external auditory canal external body part external carotid external carotid artery external-combustion engine external drive external ear external gill external iliac artery external iliac vein externalisation externalise externality externalization externalize external jugular vein externally external maxillary artery external nasal vein external oblique muscle external organ external orifice external respiration external storage