outdoors
- noun
- /ˈaʊtˌdɔrz/
- Sitting or lying quietly in the outdoors may not be dramatic, but it certainly is effective.
- the great outdoors
- experience the outdoors
- love for the outdoors
It's a way for you to bring the outdoors inside.
- It's a way for you to bring the outdoors inside.
- Next summer is about enjoying the great outdoors and it's also a time for water fun.
- Just because they have access to the outdoors doesn't mean they are actually outdoors.
- He was really an outdoors lover and and really an action lover.
- Yeah, America outdoors is what you said it is.
- I think because I'm a outdoors guy in front of country.
- Now, look, outdoors is really toxic.
Examples
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After weeks of being indoors, I was excited to finally get back to the outdoors for some fresh air.
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Next summer is about enjoying the great outdoors and it's also a time for water fun.
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I love the outdoors more than anything.
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I love the outdoors and I love to hike.
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Opportunities for students to experience the outdoors and wildlife firsthand vary.
Academic text (1999) -
We've been spending lots more time out there outdoors during the lockdown.
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Research has shown that spending more time outdoors can reduce the risk of myopia onset.
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I like the outdoors.
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I miss the outdoors.
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It's the great outdoors.
Synonyms
In the open air, not inside
An outdoor area with no cover
Outside in a place that is not covered
Outside in the open air, not inside a building
The open air away from buildings
Antonyms
How Outside
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word outdoors comes from the parts out ('away from') and door ('entrance of a building'), so it originally meant 'outside the door'. Think of stepping out the door into nature; that's why 'the outdoors' means the 'open air' away from buildings.