outward

1. 1.

   toward the outside

   “move the needle further outward!”

   Synonymsoutwards

   Antonymsinward

Other forms of outward

comparative

outwarder·

superlative

outwardest·

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 outward

What does outward mean?

outward means "relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in outward?

outward has 2 syllables: ou-tward. The stress falls on "ou". In IPA it is /ˈaʊtwɚd/.

What is another word for outward?

Close synonyms include outbound, outward-bound, outwards. 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 outward?

The recorded antonyms are inward, inward.

Is outward a common word?

outward is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.