outward
outward is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Formmg the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer. Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. Cor. iv.
- 2.2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. "Sins outward." Chaucer. An outward honor for an in ward toil. Shak.
- 3.Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. [Obs.] Hayward.
- 4.Tending to the exterior or outside. The fire will force its outward way. Dryden. -- Out"ward*ly, adv. -- Out"ward*ness, n. Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke.
- 5.External form; exterior. [R.] So fair an outward and such stuff within. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- accident
- accidental
- adscititious
- adventitious
- air
- apparent
- appearance
- around
- ascititious
- belle
- circumjacence
- contingent
- covering
- disc
- discoid
- disk
- eccentric
- eccentricity
- ego
- etoile
- excentric
- excentricity
- exterior
- exteriority
- exteriorly
- external
- externally
- extra
- extrados
- extralimitary
- extramundane
- extramural
- extraneous
- extrinsic
- extrinsical
- extrinsicality
- face
- facet
- foreign
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is outward.
- What is formmg the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer. Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. Cor. iv called?
- What is 2. Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public. "Sins outward." Chaucer. An outward honor for an in ward toil. Shak called?
- What is foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war. [Obs.] Hayward called?
- What is tending to the exterior or outside. The fire will force its outward way. Dryden. -- Out"ward*ly, adv. -- Out"ward*ness, n. Outward stroke. (Steam Engine) See under Stroke called?
- What is external form; exterior. [R.] So fair an outward and such stuff within. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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