Introvert

Quick meaning: Introvert is a noun meaning (figuratively, proscribed) A reserved person.

Meaning

(figuratively, proscribed) A reserved person.

More Meanings

1. To turn inwards.
2. (zoology) An organ or other body part that is or can be turned inside out, especially an anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction.
3. (psychology) An introverted person: one who is considered more thoughtful than social, with a personality more inwardly than outwardly directed; one who often prefers to have time in non-social situations.
4. Alternative form of introverted.

Example Sentences

All works of the imagination are conceived by men of the introvert type.

The introvert is everted by hydraulic pressure exerted by contraction of body muscles on the coelomic fluid.

When a peanut worm feeds, it extends and waves its introvert so that the mouth at the tip wanders across the seabed.

The introvert abstracts from the object and deals with it by concepts concentrating upon the inner world of thought.

Word Forms

• introverts
• introverting
• introverted

Synonyms for introvert

Depending on context, synonyms include introverted, invaginate, introversive, introvertive.

Antonyms for introvert

Common opposites include extrovert, extravert, sensitively.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include invaginate, introvertive, introversive, extrovert, loner, invert.

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