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| Main Entry: | external |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outside, extrinsic |
| Synonyms: | alien, apparent, exterior, extraneous, foreign, independent, out, outer, outermost, outward, over, peripheral, superficial, surface, visible, outmost |
| Antonyms: | inside, internal, intrinsic |
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| Main Entry: | exotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not native or usual; mysterious |
| Synonyms: | alien, alluring, bizarre, colorful, curious, different, external, extraneous, extraordinary, extrinsic, far out, fascinating, foreign, glamorous, imported, introduced, kinky*, outlandish, outside, peculiar, romantic, strange, striking, unfamiliar, unusual, way out, weird*, avant garde, enticing, peregrine |
| Notes: | erotic means giving sexual pleasure or sexually arousing, while exotic means being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world or strikingly strange or unusual |
| Antonyms: | familiar, normal, ordinary, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exterior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outside |
| Synonyms: | external, extraneous, extraterrestrial, extrinsic, foreign, marginal, outdoor, outer, outermost, outlying, outward, over, peripheral, superficial, surface, exoteric, extraterritorial, outmost |
| Antonyms: | central, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | exterior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | visible part |
| Synonyms: | appearance, aspect, coating, cover, covering, external, facade, face, finish, outside, polish, rind, shell, skin, surface, exteriority, superficies, superstratum |
| Antonyms: | center, core, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | extrinsic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foreign |
| Synonyms: | acquired, alien, exotic, exterior, external, extraneous, imported, outer, outside, outward, superficial, gained |
| Antonyms: | essential, integral, interior, intrinsic, necessary |
| Main Entry: | outlying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in rural area; remote |
| Synonyms: | afar, backwoods, distant, external, far-flung*, faraway, out-of-the-way*, outer, peripheral, provincial, removed, far-off, off-lying |
| Antonyms: | central, inner, middle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | visible; for appearances |
| Synonyms: | apparent, evident, exterior, external, noticeable, observable, obvious, open, ostensible, out, outer, outside, over, perceptible, superficial, surface, from within, on the surface, to the eye, toward the edge |
| Antonyms: | invisible, inward |
| Main Entry: | peripheral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | minor, outside |
| Synonyms: | beside the point, borderline, exterior, external, incidental, irrelevant, minor, outer, outermost, secondary, superficial, surface, tangential, unimportant, inessential, perimetric |
| Antonyms: | central, crucial, internal, major |
| Main Entry: | superficial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without depth, detail |
| Synonyms: | apparent, casual, cosmetic, cursory, desultory, empty, evident, exterior, external, flash, flimsy, frivolous, general, glib, half-baked*, hasty, hurried, ignorant, inattentive, lightweight, ostensible, outward, partial, passing, perfunctory, peripheral, seeming, shallow, shoal, silly, sketchy, skin-deep*, slapdash*, slight, summary, surface, trivial, uncritical, depthless, nodding, on the surface, one-dimensional, quick-fix, smattery, tip of the iceberg, warped |
| Antonyms: | analytical, careful, deep, detailed, genuine, thorough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foreign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | from another country, experience |
| Synonyms: | alien, alienated, antipodal, barbarian, barbaric, borrowed, different, distant, exotic, expatriate, external, extraneous, extrinsic, far, far-fetched, faraway, immigrant, imported, inaccessible, offshore, outlandish, outside, overseas, remote, strange, unaccustomed, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, adopted, derived, estranged, exiled, extralocal, far-off, from abroad, nonnative, nonresident, not domestic, not native, transoceanic |
| Antonyms: | local, national, native |
| Main Entry: | extraneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foreign |
| Synonyms: | adventitious, alien, exotic, external, extrinsic, strange, out of place |
| Antonyms: | national, native |
| Main Entry: | strange |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exotic, foreign |
| Synonyms: | alien, apart, awkward, detached, external, faraway, irrelevant, isolated, lost, new, novel, outside, remote, romantic, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, unrelated, untried, out of place, romanesque |
| Antonyms: | common, native |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | outside |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
outside, advenient, al fresco, discoid, ectal, excentric, exterior, external, extimate, extraforaneous, extramundane, extramural, extraregarding, extrinsic, frontal, in the open air, out of doors, outdoor, outer, outermost, outlying, outstanding, outward, round about, skin deep, superficial
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| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
erect, lateral, outside, abaxial, abutting, adaxial, adjacent, adjoining, advance, akimbo, aknee, ambient, anterior, antipodal, apical, apposed, arrayed, at hand, axial, back, bordering, cater, central, centric, chirognostic, circumambient, circumferential, circumjacent, close, coaxial, coextensive, coincident, colinear, collateral, collinear, concentric, confocal, consecutive, conterminous, contiguous, convenient, convergent, converse, coplanar, coterminous, covering, crisscross, crossed, deasil, decussate, deep, detached, discontinuous, discrete, distal, distant, distinct, dorsal, dorsolateral, encircling, enclosed, enclosing, encompassing, enveloping, equidistant, equitant, even, exterior, external, face, far, farther, farthest, first, flanking, flush, fore, forward, fringe, fronting, gardant, grufeling, guardant, halfway, hanging, hindmost, hithermost, immediate, indoors, infradig, inner, innermost, insessorial, interior, intermediate, interposed, intersecting, interspersed, intervening, inverted, kitty, leeward, levitated, local, long, lower, malposed, medial, median, mid, middle, midway, nearby, next, obverse, one, outdoors, outer, outmost, overlying, padmasana, parallel, pendent, peripheral, perpendicular, plumb, point, port, posterior, prone, prostrate, proximal, proximate, quincunx, rear, reclining, rectilinear, recumbent, remote, retral, ringside, rolled, separate, sinistral, situate, situated, square, starboard, stationary, stoss, suburban, suburbicarian, successive, superior, superjacent, supine, surrounding, suspended, topical, topographical, transverse, ulterior, ultimate, uppermost, ventral, windward, zonal
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