Outer

Quick meaning: Outer is an adjective meaning Outside; external.

Meaning

Outside; external.

More Meanings

1. Farther from the centre of the inside.
2. An outer part.
3. (sports) An uncovered section of the seating at a stadium or sportsground.
4. (military, firearms) The fourth circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
5. A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
6. (retail) The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.
7. Someone who admits to something publicly.

Example Sentences

We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.

The 51.4 per cent to 48.6 per cent victory of the "outers" broke the back of the Labour government.

[…] outer-than-out literary lions like Edmund White and David Ehrenstein would later note, this final proof that the[…]

Meanwhile, outers are disporting themselves on TV in luminous green ties, hand-woven by first years at the Dronefield Academy for the Sartorially Challenged.

Word Forms

• outermore
• outermost
• outmost
• outers

Synonyms for outer

Depending on context, synonyms include informant, external, outward.

Antonyms for outer

Common opposites include inner.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include outward, outermost, outside, out, outmost, satellite.

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