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Inside

Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.

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Exclusive 84% connected

Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive b…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Exclusive 84% connected

Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive b…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Inner 84% connected

Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Inner 84% connected

Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Interior 84% connected

Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a h…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Interior 84% connected

Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a h…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Wrong 84% connected

imp. of Wring. Wrung.

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Wrong 84% connected

imp. of Wring. Wrung.

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Narrower term 4

Belly 76% connected

That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Midland 76% connected

Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants.

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Midst 76% connected

The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest.

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Thick 76% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Broader term 3

Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Region 76% connected

One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Internal 66% connected

Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.

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Internal 66% connected

Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inward 66% connected

Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to outward.

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Synonym 6

Indoors 92% connected

Within the house; -- usually separated, in doors.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inner 92% connected

Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an spirit or its phenomena.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Interior 92% connected

Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a h…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inwardly 92% connected

In the inner parts; internally.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Privileged 92% connected

of Privilege

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Within 92% connected

In the inner or interior part of; inside of; not without; as, within doors.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 4

Exterior 94% connected

External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exterior 94% connected

External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outside 94% connected

The external part of a thing; the part, end, or side which forms the surface; that which appears, or is manifest; that which is superficial; the exte…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outside 94% connected

The external part of a thing; the part, end, or side which forms the surface; that which appears, or is manifest; that which is superficial; the exte…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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