outside

Questions about outside

What is another word for outside?

Across its 14 senses, outside has 11 distinct synonyms: external, extraneous, outdoor, out-of-door, international, remote, away, exterior, and others. Each belongs to a specific meaning, listed on this page under the sense it serves.

What is the opposite of outside?

The recorded antonym is inside. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.

Why are the synonyms for outside split into groups?

Because outside carries 14 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Does this page cover every sense of outside?

It covers the 10 senses that carry a synonym, antonym, broader or narrower term. The remaining 4 senses have none recorded, so they are left off a thesaurus page and shown in full on the word page instead.

Where do the synonyms for outside come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of outside

• Full entry for outsideAll 14 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for outsideWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.