inner
adjective
1. located inward
- Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle
Similar word(s): inward, interior, internal
2. located or occurring within or closer to a center
- an inner room
Similar word(s): central, inmost, innermost, inside
3. innermost or essential
- the inner logic of Cubism
Similar word(s): intrinsic, intrinsical, internal, intimate
4. confined to an exclusive group
- privy to inner knowledge
Similar word(s): exclusive, inside, privileged
5. exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
- inner regions of the organization
- inner circles of government
Similar word(s): exclusive
6. inside or closer to the inside of the body
- the inner ear
Similar word(s): internal
Sentences with inner as an adjective:
- inner door;
- the inner suburbs
- inner ear
- inner confidence;
- inner meaning;
- inner circle;
noun
1. An inner part.
2. A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
3. (cricket) A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.