outside

1. 1.

   the region that is outside of something

   Synonymsexterior

   Antonymsinside

   Broaderregion

   Narroweroutdoors
2. 2.

   the outer side or surface of something

   Synonymsexterior

   Antonymsinside

   Broadersurface

1. 1.

   outside a building

   “in summer we play outside”

   Synonymsoutdoorsout of doorsalfresco

   Antonymsinside
2. 2.

   on the outside

   “outside, the box is black”

   Antonymsinside

Other forms of outside

plural

outsides·

comparative

outsider·

superlative

outsidest·

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 outside

What does outside mean?

outside means "relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit". That is the primary sense; the word has 14 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in outside?

outside has 2 syllables: out-side. The stress falls on "out". In IPA it is /ˈaʊtˈsaɪd/.

What is another word for outside?

Close synonyms include external, extraneous, outdoor, out-of-door, external. 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 outside?

The recorded antonyms are inside, inside, inside, inside.

Is outside a common word?

outside 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 outside?

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