English adjective: interior | |||
1. | interior situated within or suitable for inside a building | ||
Samples | An interior scene. Interior decoration. An interior bathroom without windows. | ||
Similar | indoor, inside | ||
See also | indoor | ||
Attribute | position, spatial relation | ||
Antonyms | exterior | ||
2. | interior inside the country | ||
Samples | The British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior. The nation's internal politics. | ||
Synonyms | home, internal, national | ||
Similar | domestic | ||
Antonyms | foreign | ||
3. | interior located inward | ||
Samples | Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle. She thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it. An internal sense of rightousness. | ||
Synonyms | inner, internal | ||
Similar | inward | ||
Antonyms | outward | ||
4. | interior inside and toward a center | ||
Samples | Interior regions of the earth. | ||
Similar | internal | ||
Antonyms | external | ||
5. | interior of or coming from the middle of a region or country | ||
Samples | Upcountry districts. | ||
Synonyms | midland, upcountry | ||
Similar | inland | ||
Antonyms | coastal | ||
English noun: interior | |||
1. | interior (location) the region that is inside of something | ||
Synonyms | inside | ||
Broader (hypernym) | part, region | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | midland, midst, penetralia, thick | ||
Antonyms | exterior, outside | ||
2. | interior (location) the inner or enclosed surface of something | ||
Synonyms | inside | ||
Broader (hypernym) | surface | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | belly | ||
Antonyms | exterior, outside | ||
3. | Interior (group) the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849 | ||
Synonyms | Department of the Interior, DoI, Interior Department | ||
Broader (hypernym) | executive department | ||
Part holonym | FWS, National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service | ||