inside

Examples

• All

• All right, let's open it up, see what's inside my makeup bag.

• And you see the inside story of the video.

• This is what the inside is looking like so far.

• And I'll tell you, the meat inside of here looks nice.

• OK, so the first thing we find inside is some foam.

• The church was open, but the inside was dark and looked utterly empty.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Draw a picture showing the inside of a sod house with the furnishings.

  Academic text (1994)

• The room smelled sweet, and it looked like the inside of a cloud-filled heaven.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I clutched the baby to my shoulder and kept to the inside of the walkway.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The inside of the box was filled with colorful toys.

Synonyms

I

interior

vsinside

153 3.0

The inside part of something, like a room or box

focuses on the enclosed part or surface rather than open space

L

loob

vsinside

• Philippine

1 9.9

The inside part of a building or room

is the general enclosed part or surface, not limited to buildings

Antonyms

O

outside

446 1.0

The outer side of something that is not the inside

E

exterior

93 3.1

The outside part of something, like the walls of a house

Idioms

I

inside out

88 2.2

With the inner side turned to the outside

I

inside out

• Informal

50 3.7

Completely and in every detail

I

inside and out

• Informal

38 3.5

Completely and in every detail

D

dead inside

• Informal

9 8.5

Having no feelings and unable to enjoy things or care

I

inside the box

1 6.3

In a usual, not creative way that avoids new ideas

F

feeling dead inside

• Informal

1 9.9

Being numb and empty inside after loss or long sadness

Compounds

I

inside job

27 4.2

A crime done with help from someone who works there

I

inside information

25 5.4

Secret facts not known to the public that give an advantage

I

inside-out

14 3.0

With the inner side showing on the outside

I

inside scoop

• Literature

11 5.5

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

I

inside track

9 5.2

A special advantage that gives someone a better chance to succeed

I

inside baseball

• Jargon

6 9.9

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

I

Inside Passage

1 5.6

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

I

inside track

1 5.0

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

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

How Inside

core

• Specialized

281 4.9

center

• US

692 1.0

inside

537 1.0

surface

71 3.4

outside

446 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology