inside

1. 1.

   within a building

   “in winter we play inside”

   Synonymsindoors

   Antonymsoutside
2. 2.

   on the inside

   “inside, the car is a mess”

   Synonymswithin

   Antonymsoutside
3. 3.

   with respect to private feelings

   “inwardly, she was raging”

   Synonymsinwardly
4. 4.

   in reality

   “she is very kind at heart”

   Synonymsat heartat bottomdeep downin spite of appearance

1. 1.

   the region that is inside of something

   Synonymsinterior

   Antonymsoutside

   Broaderregion

   Narrowermidlandmidstpenetralium
2. 2.

   the inner or enclosed surface of something

   Synonymsinterior

   Antonymsoutside

   Broadersurface

   Narrowerbelly

Other forms of inside

plural

insides·

comparative

insider·

superlative

insidest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inside

What does inside mean?

inside means "relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inside?

inside has 2 syllables: in-side. The stress falls on "side". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈsaɪd/.

What is another word for inside?

Close synonyms include inner, privileged, indoors, within, inwardly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of inside?

The recorded antonyms are outside, outside, outside, outside.

Is inside a common word?

inside is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with inside?

46 words rhyme with inside. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.