inner

  • (s) located inward
    • Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle - Leonard Bernstein
    • she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it - David Denby
    • an internal sense of rightousness - A.R.Gurney,Jr.
    interior, internal,
  • (a) located or occurring within or closer to a center
    • an inner room
  • (s) innermost or essential
    • the inner logic of Cubism
    • the internal contradictions of the theory
    • the intimate structure of matter
    internal, intimate,
  • (s) confined to an exclusive group
    • privy to inner knowledge
    • inside information
    • privileged information
    inside, privileged,
  • (s) exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
    • inner regions of the organization
    • inner circles of government
  • (s) inside or closer to the inside of the body
    • the inner ear

Synonyms

interior internal intimate inside privileged

Antonyms

outer

See also

central

Words of close approximity

inner circle inner city inner ear Inner Hebrides Inner Light Inner Mongolia innermost inner product inner resource innersole inner tube innervate innervation