outside

Examples

• All

• The pub is open, earlier than usual, and the outside chairs and tables are already full.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Our Thursday Fun Night will be a scrumptious colonial-style buffet dinner in an outside enclosed courtyard.

  Academic text (1995)

• Get some fresh air, be outside and get exercise.

• You wrote a book, right, About being outside and in nature.

• I just had my evening routine outside in the fresh air.

• Let's get this girl outside where we got some natural light.

• We took our coffee to one of the outside tables, where we could smoke.

  Fiction book (2000)

• At lunch, the two girls found a spot in the outside courtyard with a group of friends.

  Fiction book (2002)

• It's nice to be outside though, Really nice to be outside even though it's humid.

• The outside air smells of freshly cut grass... old oaks and last night's rainfall.

  Population 2 (2012)

Synonyms

O

outdoor

vsoutside

192 1.0

Used or done outside rather than inside a building

is used more broadly for location as adjective or adverb

E

external

vsoutside

125 4.1

Located outside a place, group, or body

is confined to physical open-air location rather than a general beyond meaning

O

outdoors

vsoutside

80 1.0

In the open air, not inside a building

is the general term for that same open-air location

O

open-air

vsoutside

11 2.1

Taking place outside and not under a roof

means simply being in the open air, not stressing lack of cover

E

exterior

vsoutside

4 3.4

For use on the outside of a building

applies to open-air location rather than a building's outer surface

O

out of doors

vsoutside

1 3.2

Outside in the open air, not inside a building

refers broadly to the same location without implying movement

O

out-of-doors

vsoutside

• Archaic

1 3.2

The open air away from buildings

is the usual single-word or general expression for that idea

O

out-of-door

vsoutside

• Archaic

6.2

Happening outside in the open air rather than inside

is the modern general label rather than an older written form

Antonyms

I

indoor

93 1.0

Inside a building rather than outside

Idioms

O

outside the box

• Informal

37 4.5

In a creative way that does not follow normal rules

C

to color outside the lines

• Informal

1 6.7

To think or act in a new and creative way without following usual rules

Compounds

T

the outside world

42 3.2

People, news, and events beyond your home or local area

O

outside chance

• Informal

6 3.5

A very small possibility that something will happen

O

outside door

3 1.0

A door that leads from a building to the outside

O

outside mirror

• US

1 2.1

A piece of glass on the outside of a vehicle that shows the view to the side and behind

O

outside clinch

• Jargon

9.1

A fishing knot where the line end goes outside the loop before pulling tight

O

outside job

3.9

Work you do besides your main paid work to earn extra money

O

outside loop

• Specialized

9.9

A plane move where it dives, flies upside down, and then climbs back to level flight

O

outside caliper

• Specialized

7.7

A tool with curved legs that fit around an object to measure its outer size

How Inside

inside

538 1.0

in

∞ 1.0

outside

11 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology