Inside

Quick meaning: Inside is a noun meaning The interior or inner part.

Meaning

The interior or inner part.

More Meanings

1. The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
2. (colloquial, in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
3. Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
4. Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
5. The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
6. (dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
7. (slang) The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.

Example Sentences

Looked he o' the inside of the paper?

Eating that stuff will damage your insides.

The inside of the building has been extensively restored.

Anyone got the inside on the new ratings? The book is out.

Word Forms

• insides

Synonyms for inside

Depending on context, synonyms include exclusive, wrong, privileged, within, endo, internal.

Antonyms for inside

Common opposites include outside, exterior, outwardly, alfresco, outdoors, out of doors.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include within, interior, inner, indoors, inwardly, exclusive.

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