inside

Examples

• All

• I felt deep down inside, this is not the man for you.

• Because this all begins with what's inside your mind, inside your heart.

• What happens to the light inside you when you love?

• So I sort of maybe deep inside I knew that he knew.

• I saw her as beautiful inside as she was on the outside.

  Diana: Life in Fashion (2022)

• I wonder if we could go inside and talk it over.

  Fiction book (1990)

• You know, there's new life inside us wanting to be born.

• I knew Pink was crying inside, though he wasn't the kind to show it.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I churn inside with excitement and delight every time a dog or cat smiles at me.

  Academic text (2012)

• I often feel lonely inside, even when surrounded by friends.

Synonyms

I

internally

vsinside

90 3.3

In a way that happens inside a person, group, or place

applies to private thoughts and feelings, not to physical place or parts

I

inwardly

vsinside

16 4.5

In your mind without showing it to others

emphasises private thoughts and feelings rather than outer behaviour

I

interiorly

vsinside

1 7.4

Feel something inside without showing it

relates to private thoughts and feelings, not to outward behaviour

Antonyms

E

externally

23 3.2

In a way that is on the outside of something, for example on the skin

O

outwardly

18 4.4

As something looks from the outside, not as it really is

Idioms

I

inside and out

• Informal

33 3.5

Completely and in every detail

I

inside out

• Informal

13 3.7

Completely and in every detail

I

inside out

13 2.2

With the inner side turned to the outside

D

dead inside

• Informal

12 8.5

Having no feelings and unable to enjoy things or care

F

feeling dead inside

• Informal

1 9.9

Being numb and empty inside after loss or long sadness

I

inside the box

1 6.3

In a usual, not creative way that avoids new ideas

Compounds

I

inside job

23 4.2

A crime done with help from someone who works there

I

inside information

22 5.4

Secret facts not known to the public that give an advantage

I

inside scoop

• Literature

10 5.5

Secret information that only a few people know about a company or event

I

inside baseball

• Jargon

4 9.9

Knowledge or talk that only people who work in a field understand

I

inside-out

3 3.0

With the inner side showing on the outside

I

inside track

3 5.2

A special advantage that gives someone a better chance to succeed

I

Inside Passage

1 5.6

A long water route along the coast for boats from Seattle to Skagway, protected by islands

I

inside caliper

• Specialized

8.5

A tool with curved legs used to measure the inside width of holes or slots

I

inside clinch

• Jargon

9.3

A knot that holds a fishing hook by passing the line end through a loop

I

inside loop

• Specialized

9.8

A plane flight that climbs, flies upside down, then dives in a vertical circle with the pilot on the inside

I

inside track

5.0

The inner side of a curved racecourse that is the shortest way

How Inward

inside

623 1.0

outwardly

18 4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology