inner

Meaning

Adj

1. Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
2. Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
3. Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
4. Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
5. Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
6. Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.

Noun

1. An inner part.
2. (South-Africa) A duvet, excluding the cover.
3. A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
4. A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.
5. (UK) One who supports remaining in the European Union.
6. The 2nd circle on a target, between the bull (or bull's eye) and magpie.

Synonyms

internal

inside

interior

inward

in

mental

intrinsic

within

domestic

inland

endogenous

innermost

spiritual

at the bottom

body

deep

indoor

inmost

intimate

privileged

under

hollow

heart

❤️

family name

intestine

wife

👰‍♀️

eyelid

esoteric

deepest

middle

mind

ben

profound

secret

㊙️

central

strip

inherited

inferior

among

inboard

Translations

intérieur

interno

interne

interior

interiore

interno

interno

interior

inner

binnenste

binnenlands

intimo

interior

intern

innerlich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪnə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: inner

Inherited from Old English: innera

In summary

From Middle English inner, ynner, ynnere, from Old English innera, comparative of inne (“within”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en.