Interior

Quick meaning: Interior is an adjective meaning Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.

Meaning

Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.

More Meanings

1. Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.
2. The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.
3. The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts.
4. (mathematics, topology) The set of all interior points of a set.

Example Sentences

the interior parts of a region or country

Near-synonyms: backcountry, upcountry, hinterland

Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior.

the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball

Word Forms

• interiour
• interiors

Synonyms for interior

Depending on context, synonyms include backcountry, upcountry, hinterland, inward, internal, inner.

Antonyms for interior

Common opposites include exterior, outside.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inward, inner, inside, upcountry, indoor, national.

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