“interior”

Definitions

• noun

  the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849

  Synonyms: department of the interior, interior department, doi, airscape, amidships, anonymous, average, belly, bosom, center, central, cityscape

• adjective

  situated within or suitable for inside a building

  Antonyms: exterior

  • Example:“an interior scene”
  • Example:“interior decoration”

• adjective

  inside the country

  Synonyms: home, internal, national

  • Example:“The British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior.”
  • Example:“the nation's internal politics”

• adjective

  located inward

  Synonyms: inner, internal

  • Example:“Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle.”
  • Example:“She thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it.”

• adjective

  inside and toward a center

  • Example:“interior regions of the earth”

• adjective

  of or coming from the middle of a region or country

  Synonyms: midland, upcountry

  • Example:“upcountry districts”