inner

Plural: inners

Adjective Satellite

• located inward; - Leonard Bernstein; - David Denby; - A.R.Gurney,Jr.
  • "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"
• innermost or essential
  • "the inner logic of Cubism"
• confined to an exclusive group
  • "privy to inner knowledge"
• exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
  • "inner regions of the organization"
  • "inner circles of government"
• inside or closer to the inside of the body
  • "the inner ear"

Adjective

• located or occurring within or closer to a center
  • "an inner room"

Adj

• Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
• Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
• Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
• Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
• Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
• Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.

Noun

• The part that is inside; an internal element.
• An inner part.
• A duvet, excluding the cover.
• A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
• A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.
• One who supports remaining in the European Union.
• The 2nd circle on a target, between the bull (or bull's eye) and magpie.

Examples

• inner circle; inner council
• inner confidence; inner strength; inner life; inner child; inner artist; inner peace; inner light
• inner door; inner room; inner sanctum; inner surface
• inner ear
• inner meaning; inner resources; inner logic
• the inner suburbs
• The inner workings of a top Scrabble player’s mind are a mystery to many.

Synonyms

inside, interior, internal, intimate, privileged

Antonyms

outer

Related Words

breaker-inner, sit-inner, swim-inner

Anagrams of inner