interior

1. 1.

   the region that is inside of something

   Synonymsinside

   Broaderregion

   Narrowermidlandmidstpenetralium
2. 2.

   the inner or enclosed surface of something

   Synonymsinside

   Broadersurface

   Narrowerbelly
3. 3.

   the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849

   SynonymsDepartment of the InteriorInterior DepartmentDoI

   Broaderexecutive department

   PartsUnited States Fish and Wildlife ServiceNational Park Service

Other forms of interior

plural

interiors·

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 interior

What does interior mean?

interior means "situated within or suitable for inside a building". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in interior?

interior has 4 syllables: in-ter-i-or. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈtɪɹiɚ/.

What is another word for interior?

Close synonyms include home, internal, national, inner, internal. 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 interior?

The recorded antonyms are exterior.

Is interior a common word?

interior is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 interior?

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