inward
inward is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul. "Inward beauty." Shak.
- 2.Intimate; domestic; private. [Obs.] All my inward friends abhorred me. Job xix.
- 3.He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life. Sir P. Sidney.
- 4.That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera. Jer. Taylor. Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat. Milton.
- 5.The mental faculties; -- usually pl. [Obs.]
- 6.An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance. [Obs.] "I was an inward of his." Shak.
- 7.Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward.
- 8.Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward. So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine inward. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abdomen
- abdominal
- backbone
- belly
- bosom
- breast
- cave
- center
- circumscribe
- coeliac
- concavity
- contents
- deep
- domestic
- endemic
- entrails
- family
- gut
- heart
- here
- home
- imbed
- inclose
- indoor
- inland
- inly
- inmost
- inner
- innermost
- insert
- inside
- interior
- interiority
- interjacent
- intern
- internal
- internally
- interspace
- interstitial
- intestinal
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is inward.
- What is seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul. "Inward beauty." Shak called?
- What is intimate; domestic; private. [Obs.] All my inward friends abhorred me. Job xix called?
- What is he had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life. Sir P. Sidney called?
- What is that which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera. Jer. Taylor. Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat. Milton called?
- What is the mental faculties; -- usually pl. [Obs.] called?
- What is an intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance. [Obs.] "I was an inward of his." Shak called?
- What is toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward called?
- What is into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward. So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, Shine inward. Milton called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Steward: Jason Burns