| Main Entry: | inner |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | central, middle physically |
Synonyms: |
close, constitutional, essential, familiar, focal, inherent, innermore, inside, interior, internal, intestinal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, nuclear |
Antonyms: |
exterior, external, outer, outside |
| Main Entry: | inner |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mental, private |
Synonyms: |
central, concealed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, emotional, esoteric, essential, focal, gut, hidden, individual, inherent, innate, inside, interior, internal, intimate, intrinsic, intuitive, inward, personal, psychological, repressed, secret, spiritual, subconscious, unrevealed, visceral, viscerous |
Antonyms: |
outer, physical |
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | middle |
Synonyms: |
at halfway point, centermost, deepest, equidistant, inmost, inner, innermost, inside, interior, intermediary, intermediate, internal, mean, medial, mid, middlemost, midpoint, midway |
Antonyms: |
bordering, edging, exterior, marginal, outside, peripheral |
| Main Entry: | central |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | main, principal; in the middle |
Synonyms: |
axial, basic, cardinal, center, centric, centroidal, chief, dominant, equidistant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, important, inmost, inner, interior, intermediate, key, leading, master, mean, median, mid, middle, middlemost, midmost, midway, nuclear, omphalic, outstanding, overriding, paramount, pivotal, predominant, primary, prime, radical, ruling, salient, significant, umbilical |
Antonyms: |
exterior, minor, outside, peripheral, secondary |
| Main Entry: | esoteric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mysterious, obscure |
Synonyms: |
Delphic, Orphic, Sibylline, abstruse, acroamatic, arcane, cabalistic, cryptic, deep, heavy, hermetic, hidden, inner, inscrutable, mystic, mystical, occult, private, profound, recondite, secret |
| Notes: | eclectic means selecting what seems best of various styles, methods, or ideas while esoteric means intended for and understandable by only a small knowledgeable group |
Antonyms: |
common, familiar, known, obvious, public, unmysterious |
| Main Entry: | gut |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intuitive |
Synonyms: |
basic, deep-seated, emotional, heartfelt, innate, inner, instinctive, interior, internal, intimate, involuntary, natural, spontaneous, unthinking, visceral, viscerous |
Antonyms: |
material, physical |
| Main Entry: | inherent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, hereditary |
Synonyms: |
built-in, characteristic, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-rooted, deep-seated, distinctive, elementary, essential, fixed, fundamental, genetic, immanent, implicit, in the grain, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, indigenous, indispensable, individual, indwelling, ingrained, inherited, innate, inner, instinctive, integral, integrated, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, latent, native, natural, original, part and parcel, resident, running in the family, subjective, unalienable |
Antonyms: |
acquired, added, external, extrinsic, incidental, learned |
| Main Entry: | inside |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in the middle; interior |
Synonyms: |
central, indoors, inner, innermost, internal, intramural, inward, surrounded, under a roof |
Antonyms: |
exterior, external, outer, outside |
| Main Entry: | interior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inside, central |
Synonyms: |
autogenous, domestic, endogenous, gut, home, in-house, inland, inner, innermost, internal, intimate, inward, private, remote, secret, visceral, viscerous, within |
Antonyms: |
exterior, external, outer, outside |
| Main Entry: | internal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | within |
Synonyms: |
centralized, circumscribed, civic, constitutional, domestic, enclosed, gut, home, in-house, indigenous, inherent, innate, inner, innermore, inside, interior, intestine, intimate, intramural, intrinsic, inward, municipal, national, native, private, subjective, visceral, viscerous |
Antonyms: |
external, outer |