Synonyms for inward
ˈɪn wərdin·ward

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inward

   Synonyms:
   internal, interior, inner

   Antonyms:
   external, exterior, outward

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1. inwardadjective

   relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts

   "a concern with inward reflections"

   Synonyms:
   inbound

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, external, outer, outward, outwards

2. inbound, inwardadverb

   directed or moving inward or toward a center

   "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital"

   Synonyms:
   inbound

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, outer, external, outward, outwards

3. inward, inwardsadverb

   toward the center or interior

   "move the needle further inwards!"

   Synonyms:
   inwards, in

   Antonyms:
   external, outward, outgoing, outer, outwards

4. in, inwards, inwardadverb

   to or toward the inside of

   "come in"; "smash in the door"

   Synonyms:
   inwards, in

   Antonyms:
   outward, external, outgoing, outer, outwards

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1. inwardadjective

   Synonyms:
   interior, internal, inner

2. inwardadjective

   Synonyms:
   within, inwardly, toward the inside

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1. List of paraphrases for "inward":

   arriving, arrival, incoming, arrivals, inbound, external, foreign, internal, entry

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1. Hudson Taylor:

   It starts with that kind of inner work, inward work. And I would say it really goes in three stages, there's analysis, awareness and action. That analysis is really analyzing your place or privilege -- really just trying to analyze your relationship to the harm being done. I think from there, it's about trying to get better educated ; knowing the do's and the do n'ts and what would be helpful to be the best ally possible is critical.

2. Finance Minister Taro Aso:

   It's deeply deplorable, inward-looking policies involving one-sided, protectionist measures benefit no country.

3. Benjamin Black:

   While our moon is moving away from Earth at a few centimeters per year, Phobos is moving toward Mars at a few centimeters per year, so it is almost inevitable that it will either crash into Mars or break apart, one of our motivations for studying Phobos was as a test case to develop ideas of what processes a moon might undergo as it moves inward toward a planet.

4. Metastasio:

   If our inward griefs were written on our brows, how many who are envied now would be pitied. It would seem that they had their deadliest foe in their own breast, and their whole happiness would be reduced to mere seeming.

5. Matthew Arnold:

   Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward condition of the mind and spirit, not in an outward set of circumstances.