Synonyms for outward
out·ward

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1. outwardadverb

   Synonyms:
   outwards

2. outwardadverb

   outer; located towards the outside

   We are outward bound.

   Synonyms:
   outwards

3. outwardadjective

   visible, noticeable

   By all outward indications, he's a normal happy child, but if you talk to him, you will soon realize he has some psychological problems.

   Synonyms:
   outwards

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1. outward

   Synonyms:
   accidental, casual, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, incidental, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superfluous, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnected

   Antonyms:
   congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inwrought, native, natural, subjective

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1. outward

   Synonyms:
   external, apparent, visible, sensible, superficial, ostensible, forthcoming, extrinsic, extraneous

   Antonyms:
   internal, intrinsic, withdrawn, inapparent, inward

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1. outwardadjective

   relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind

   "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections"

   Synonyms:
   outward-bound, outbound

   Antonyms:
   inward, incoming, self-whispered, private, internal, secret, interior, innermost, inner, inmost, indwelling, inwards

2. outbound, outward, outward-boundadverb

   that is going out or leaving

   "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships"

   Synonyms:
   outward-bound, outbound

   Antonyms:
   indwelling, interior, self-whispered, inward, private, incoming, secret, inmost, internal, inner, innermost, inwards

3. outward, outwardsadverb

   toward the outside

   "move the needle further outward!"

   Synonyms:
   outwards

   Antonyms:
   incoming, indwelling, inward, secret, inner, inmost, private, internal, interior, innermost, self-whispered, inwards

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1. outwardadjective

   Synonyms:
   external, exterior, outer, outside

2. outwardadjective

   Synonyms:
   extrinsic, extraneous, adventitious

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1. outwardadjective

   Synonyms:
   external, exterior, outer, superficial, surface, extrinsic

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1. List of paraphrases for "outward":

   outgoing, departure, outward-oriented, external, outside, exit, output, out, foreign, externally-oriented, outsourcing

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1. Alan Rice:

   The ammunition was the same or even less powerful than a common hunting rifle, but the common hunting rifle had a different outward physical appearance.

2. Andreas Lubitz:

   Psychology can explain why somebody would turn rage inward on themselves about the fact that maybe they weren't going to keep doing their job and they're upset about that and so they're suicidal, but there is no mental illness that explains why somebody then feels entitled to also take that rage and turn it outward on 149 other people who had nothing to do with the person's problems.

3. Cathryn Cluver Ashbrook:

   The European relationship has changed and will now be shrouded in skepticism, the arrival of a Joe Biden administration has yet to be embraced with the same fanfare as Barack Obama as President-elect, because Donald Trump has done more damage to the relationship than George W. Bush. Trump's outward aggression affected all aspects of European life, be it trade, defense or even the emotional shared ideas and cultural ties. All those things suddenly seem debased and of less value.

4. Don Gurnett:

   Think of a cold front that forms when a very cold air mass comes down to the U.S. from Canada, here we find a very hot plasma mass coming outward from the sun that encounters the cold plasma in the interstellar medium. It does not surprise me that a sharp boundary forms.

5. Stephen S. Wise:

   Vision looks inward and becomes duty.Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.Vision looks upward and becomes faith.