OUTER
Dictionary entry overview: What does outer mean?
• OUTER (adjective)
The adjective OUTER has 3 senses:
1. being on the outside or further from a center
2. located outside
3. being on or toward the outside of the body
Familiarity information: OUTER used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• OUTER (adjective)
Meaning:
Being on the outside or further from a center
Context examples:
spent hours adorning the outer man / the outer suburbs
Similar:
out (outer or outlying)
outermost; outmost (situated at the farthest possible point from a center)
outside (on or toward an outer edge)
satellite (surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power)
Attribute:
position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)
Antonym:
inner (located or occurring within or closer to a center)
Meaning:
Located outside
Context example:
outer reality
Similar:
outward (relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind)
Meaning:
Being on or toward the outside of the body
Context example:
the outer ear
Similar:
external (happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface)
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
