interior

adj

1. inside, internal, on the inside, in the inside; inward, further toward the center.

2. inner, inmost, innermost, Scot., Irish. benmost; private, privy, nonpublic, intimate, personal, confidential; restricted, reserved, privileged; secret, esoteric, veiled, hidden.

3. innate, intrinsic, indwelling, immanent, intimate, inherent, indigenous; ingrained, engrained, inwrought, en wrought.

4. instinctive, intuitive, impulsive, involuntary, spontaneous, Sl. gut; intense, heartfelt, moving, stirring, overpowering; intestinal, visceral, abdominal, splanchnic; gastric, stomachic, stomachal, stomachical, Anat. celiac, ventral, ventricular.

5. inland, landlocked, non-coastal, non-border.

6. domestic, civil, civic, local.

7. mental, spiritual, psychic, psychological; non-physical, metaphysical.

n

8. the inside, inside part, inner part, inner space, inner side, inner surface, internal part.

9. pith, substance, gist, crux, core, heart, marrow, meat, essence, quintessence; center, middle, nucleus; basis, base, foundation, constitution.

10. depths, hold, womb, recesses, penetralia; abyss, chasm, cavity, gulf.

11. vital organ, body organ; intestines, intestinal cavity, colon, colonic cavity, Inf. innards; abdomen, belly, stomach, Inf. tummy, Sl. breadbasket, Scot, and North Eng. wame.

12. inner life, nonphysical self, soul, spirit, psyche.

13. midland, hinterland, upcountry; backwoods, U.S. Inf. the sticks.