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interior

adj, noun — 5 senses

interior

adj

UK /ɪnˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə/ · US /ɪnˈtɪ.ɹi.ɚ/

Etymology From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).

1

Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.

  • the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball
2

Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.

  • the interior parts of a region or country
Antonyms
exterior
Derived terms
interior angle, interior crest, interior decoration, interior design, interior designer, interiority, interiorization, interiorize, interiorly, interior Mexican, interior monologue, interiorness, interiorscape

interior

noun

Etymology From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).

1

The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.

  • The gardens are just divine, but the interior of the house are even more splendid.
2

The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts.

  • Near-synonyms: backcountry, upcountry, hinterland
  • Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior.
3

Mathematics, Sciences, Topology The set of all interior points of a set.

Antonyms
exterior

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.