inward
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- incoming, entering, inbound, ingoing
- internal, inner, inside, interior
- private, confidential, hidden, inmost, innermost, personal, secret

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Antonyms: outward
Contrasted words: alien, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

in‧ward /ˈɪnwəd $ -wərd/ adjective written
[Language: Old English; Origin: inweard]

1. [only before noun] felt or experienced in your own mind but not expressed to other people Antonym : outward:
a feeling of inward satisfaction
inward panic

2. towards the inside or centre of something
—inwardly adverb:
I managed to smile, but inwardly I was furious.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲