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innermost

innermost

22 4.5
The part that is deepest and most private inside a person or thing
  • adjective
  • /ˈɪnərˌmoʊst/
translation icon : más íntimo
  • A journey through Mandalay is also a journey into your innermost heart.
  • innermost feelings
  • innermost thoughts
  • innermost chamber

I had these nightmares of someone just reading my deepest, innermost thoughts.

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Examples

  • If he shared his innermost thoughts with anyone, it was no longer Mom.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • In her journal, she writes about her innermost fears and dreams.

  • I just wanted them to be in their innermost self, their core.

  • And yet I cannot escape asking myself about my innermost feelings.

    Academic text (2004)
  • People put pen to paper with their innermost thoughts.

  • But in my innermost desires, I burned for him.

  • You say you love me, but you refuse to share your innermost secrets.

  • You can see into the secret recesses of his innermost soul.

  • I know you didn't mean to text me your innermost thoughts and feelings, but you did.

  • "I will try to be a faithful writer, dear diary, and tell you my innermost thoughts."

Synonyms

internal
vsinnermost
338 3.5

Inside a person, object, or system, not outside

is narrower, stressing being deepest or most private not just inside
inner
vsinnermost
314 3.8

In the central part of a thought or feeling

is specifically about being deepest or most private rather than central
inmost
vsinnermost
  • Literature
2 7.1

Deep private feelings or thoughts that a person keeps inside

is similar but focuses on being furthest inside rather than exact privacy
innest
vsinnermost
  • Archaic
1 9.9

The part farthest inside something

is the standard modern form for the deepest or most private inside

Antonyms

20 5.3

Near the surface and not deep, like a small cut

8 4.1

Farthest from the middle, at the outside edge

How Inward

innermost
22 4.5
inner
272 1.4
inside
75 1.0

Surface Forms

innermost positive

Morphology

innermost = inner (transparent) = inner + most

Formed from the adjective 'inner' plus the superlative-forming element '-most', yielding 'most inside' which learners can directly interpret.

Etymology

The word innermost comes from the two parts inner meaning 'inside' and most meaning 'the furthest' or 'the greatest'. So innermost means the part that is deepest or most private, the part furthest inside whether of a place or your feelings.