interior

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

Inside of something

Nouns — interior, interiority; intrinsicality (see intrinsic); inside[s], subsoil, substratum; contents (see composition), substance, bowels, belly, intestines, guts, chitterlings (see body); womb; lap; [innermost] recesses; cave (see concavity).

Verbs — be inside or within; place or keep within; enclose, circumscribe (see circumscription); intern; imbed, insert (see insertion); imprison (see restraint).

Adjectives — interior, internal; inner, inside, inward, inmost, innermost; deep-seated; intestinal; inland; subcutaneous; interstitial (see between); inwrought; enclosed; intramural; domestic, indoor, vernacular; endemic.

Adverbs — internally, inwardly, inward[s], inly; herein, therein, wherein; indoors, within doors; at home, in the bosom of one's family.

Prepositions — in, inside, within.

Antonyms, see exterior.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. inner, internal, inward; see central 1 , inland , inner , inside 2 .

n.

1. [Inside]

Syn. inner part, depths, lining, heart; see center 1 , inside , insides .

2. [The inside of a building]

Syn. rooms, halls, hall, stairway, hearth, vestibule, cloister, nave, lobby, transept, chapel, choir, gallery, basement.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

inside, center, innards.

ANT.: exterior

II

a.

inner, internal, inside, inward, innermost, central.

ANT.: exterior, outer

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Located inside or farther in: inlying, inner, inside, internal. See EDGE. 2. Of, relating to, or arising from one's mental or spiritual being: inner, internal, intimate1, inward, visceral. Slang: gut. See BODY.