outward

Examples

• All

• Man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.

  Higher Ground (2011)

• Here in the nation's capital there is anxiety and concern, but no outward sign of panic.

  The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

• How does their outward success change the people around them?

  Film Courage

• The lover's outward appearance begins to change.

  The Name of the Rose (1986)

• Everyone at his office looked the same; there were no outward signs of abnormality.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The boy's arms and face were bandaged, but he showed no outward sign of pain.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Events soon proved that the outward appearance of harmony was illusory.

  Academic text (2011)

• You care much too much about your outward appearance.

• Here in the nation's capital there is anxiety and concern, but no outward sign of panic.

• By outward appearance you're 10 years older than you were a year ago.

Synonyms

O

outer

vsoutward

405 1.0

On the outside and farther from the center

focuses on how something looks rather than its inner qualities

E

external

vsoutward

18 4.4

Only about outward appearance rather than inner feelings

focuses on physical look instead of inner qualities or thoughts

Antonyms

I

inward

12 4.6

Inside a person's thoughts and feelings

Compounds

O

outward-bound

1 5.2

Going away from a place, like a ship or train starting its journey

O

outward-developing

• Specialized

8.6

Growing from the center to the edge so the middle is older and the edge is newer

O

outward-moving

4.6

To move away from the center, for example when something spins or turns

How External

external

3 4.2

outward

24 4.7

superficial

94 5.6

internal

338 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology