'Inner' definitions:
Definition of 'inner'
From: WordNet
adjective
Located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. [syn: inner, interior, internal]
adjective
Located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner room" [ant: outer(a)]
adjective
Innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal, intimate]
adjective
Confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information" [syn: inside, inner, privileged]
adjective
Exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence; "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government"
adjective
Inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear"
Definition of 'Inner'
From: GCIDE
- Inner \In"ner\ ([i^]n"n[~e]r), a. [AS. innera, a compar. fr. inne within, fr. in in. See In.]
- 1. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an inner chamber. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena. [1913 Webster]
- This attracts the soul, Governs the inner man, the nobler part. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure. [1913 Webster]
- Inner house (Scot.), the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also, the place of their sittings.
- Inner jib (Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom.
- Inner plate (Arch.), the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof, in a double-plated roof.
- Inner post (Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms.
- Inner square (Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inner'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- central,
- certain,
- close,
- concealed,
- concrete,
- constitutional,
- deep,
- deep-seated,
- defined,
- definite,
- detailed,
- determinate,
- different,
- distinct,
- distinguished,
- esoteric,
- especial,
- essential,
- exceptional,
- express,
- extraordinary,
- familiar,
- fixed,
- focal,
- gut,
- hidden,
- immanent,
- implanted,
- implicit,
- inalienable,
- individual,
- indoor,
- indwelling,
- infixed,
- ingrained,
- inherent,
- inmost,
- innermost,
- inside,
- interior,
- internal,
- intestine,
- intimate,
- intrinsic,
- inward,
- inwrought,
- irreducible,
- middle,
- minute,
- noteworthy,
- nuclear,
- particular,
- personal,
- precise,
- private,
- resident,
- respective,
- secret,
- several,
- singular,
- solipsistic,
- special,
- specific,
- subjective,
- unalienable,
- unchallengeable,
- unquestionable,
- visceral