outer

Plural: outers

Adjective

• being on the outside or further from a center
  • "spent hours adorning the outer man"
  • "the outer suburbs"
• not allowed to continue to bat or run

Adjective Satellite

• located outside
  • "outer reality"
• being on or toward the outside of the body
  • "the outer ear"
• being out or having grown cold
• not worth considering as a possibility
• out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
• excluded from use or mention
• directed outward or serving to direct something outward
• no longer fashionable
• outside or external
• outer or outlying
• knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

Adj

• Outside; external.
• Farther from the centre of the inside.
• comparative form of out (“(more) open about one's sexuality, etc”): more out

Noun

• The outer ring of a target, often scoring fewer points.
• An outer part.
• An uncovered section of the seating at a stadium or sportsground.
• The fourth circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
• A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
• The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.
• Someone who admits to something publicly.
• Someone who outs another.
• One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
• An ouster; dispossession.
• One who supports leaving the European Union.

Examples

• His play on the ’outer’ edge of the board was safe, but didn’t maximize his Scrabble score.
• We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.

Synonyms

extinct, forbidden, kayoed, knocked out, KO'd, out, prohibited, proscribed, stunned, taboo, tabu, verboten, Brexiter, informant

Antonyms

inner, safe

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