INWARD
Dictionary entry overview: What does inward mean?
• INWARD (adjective)
The adjective INWARD has 2 senses:
1. relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
2. directed or moving inward or toward a center
Familiarity information: INWARD used as an adjective is rare.
• INWARD (adverb)
The adverb INWARD has 2 senses:
1. toward the center or interior
2. to or toward the inside of
Familiarity information: INWARD used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INWARD (adjective)
Meaning:
Relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
Context example:
a concern with inward reflections
Similar:
indwelling (existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle)
inmost; innermost (being deepest within the self)
inner; interior; internal (located inward)
private; secret (not expressed)
self-whispered (as if whispered to yourself)
Attribute:
inwardness (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values))
Antonym:
outward (relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind)
Meaning:
Directed or moving inward or toward a center
Synonyms:
inbound; inward
Context examples:
the inbound train / inward flood of capital
Similar:
incoming (arriving at a place or position)
• INWARD (adverb)
Meaning:
Toward the center or interior
Synonyms:
inward; inwards
Context example:
move the needle further inwards!
Antonym:
outward (toward the outside)
Meaning:
To or toward the inside of
Synonyms:
in; inwards; inward
Context examples:
come in / smash in the door
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then give up, it's no good being pig-headed." (English proverb)
"The young have strength, the old knowledge." (Albanian proverb)
"Where do you go, money? Where there is more." (Catalan proverb)
"He who seeks, finds." (Corsican proverb)
