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interior

adj · name · noun · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə/
  • General-American: /ɪnˈtɪ.ɹi.ɚ/
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  • rhymes with -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T IH1 R IY0 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Within any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • the interior parts of a region or country

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A town and village in South Dakota, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A region of British Columbia, Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: British Columbia Interior, BC Interior, B.C. Interior, B. C. Interior, Interior of British Columbia, Interior of BC, Interior of B.C., Interior of B. C.

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The gardens are just divine, but the interior of the house are even more splendid.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The inside regions of a country, distanced from the borders or coasts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: backcountry, upcountry, hinterland
  • Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: backcountry, upcountry, hinterland

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: land, country, area, region, place, location

7

noun

Meaning 7

The set of all interior points of a set.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

situated within or suitable for inside a building

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an interior scene
  • interior decoration
  • an interior bathroom without windows

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: exterior

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

of or coming from the middle of a region or country

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • upcountry districts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: midland, upcountry

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective satellite

Meaning 10

inside and toward a center

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • interior regions of the earth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adjective satellite

Meaning 11

located inward- Leonard Bernstein- David Denby- A.R.Gurney,Jr.

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle
  • she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it
  • an internal sense of rightousness

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inner, internal

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Department of the Interior, Interior Department, DoI

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: executive department

13

noun

Meaning 13

the inner or enclosed surface of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inside

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: surface

Narrower terms: belly

14

noun

Meaning 14

the region that is inside of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inside

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: region, part

Narrower terms: midland, midst, thick, penetralia

History

Etymology

From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).

Across languages

Translations

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aragonese: interior — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Armenian: ներքին (nerkʻin) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Belarusian: уну́траны (unútrany) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Belarusian: ну́траны (nútrany) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Bulgarian: въ́трешен (vǎ́trešen) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Catalan: interior — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 內部 /内部 (nèibù) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Czech: vnitřní — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Esperanto: ena — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Finnish: sisä- — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Finnish: sisäinen — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Finnish: sisäpuolinen — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Finnish: sisustus- — having to do with the inner part of something
  • French: intérieur — having to do with the inner part of something
  • German: inner — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌼𐌰 (innuma) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Hindi: आंतरिक (āntrik) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Hindi: अंतः (antaḥ) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Hungarian: belső — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Italian: interiore — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Italian: interno — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Japanese: 内部 (naibu) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Latin: penitus — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Macedonian: внатрешен (vnatrešen) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Māori: o roto — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Polish: wewnętrzny — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Portuguese: interior — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Romanian: intern — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Romanian: interior — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Russian: вну́тренний (vnútrennij) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Sanskrit: अन्तर (antara) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Slovak: vnútorný — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Slovene: notranji — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Spanish: interior — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Turkish: iç — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Turkish: içteki — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایچ (iç) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Ottoman Turkish: داخل (dâhil) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Ukrainian: вну́трішній (vnútrišnij) — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Walloon: divintrin — having to do with the inner part of something
  • Armenian: ներքին (nerkʻin) — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Catalan: interior — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Chinese Mandarin: 內陸 /内陆 (nèilù) — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Finnish: sisä- — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Georgian: საშინაო (sašinao) — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Georgian: შიდა (šida) — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Hindi: आंतरिक (āntrik) — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Hungarian: bel- — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Māori: uta — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Portuguese: interior — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Romanian: intern — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Russian: вну́тренний (vnútrennij) — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Spanish: interior — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Spanish: interiano — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Spanish: interiorano — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایچ (iç) — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Ottoman Turkish: داخل (dâhil) — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Vietnamese: nội địa — having to do with the inland parts of a country
  • Aragonese: interior — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Asturian: interior — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Breton: diabarzh — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Bulgarian: вътрешност (vǎtrešnost) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Catalan: interior — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 內部 /内部 (nèibù) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Dutch: interieur — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Esperanto: interno — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Finnish: sisätila — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Finnish: sisus — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Finnish: sisäpuoli — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • French: intérieur — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Galician: interior — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • German: Interieur — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • German: Inneres — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • German: Innenraum — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Hindi: अंतः (antaḥ) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Hungarian: belső — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Japanese: 内装 (naisō) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Japanese: 内部 (naibu) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Japanese: インテリア (interia) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Kongo: kati — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Norwegian Bokmål: interiør — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: interiør — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰲 (ič) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Persian: درون (darun) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Persian: داخل (dâxel) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Polish: wnętrze — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Portuguese: interior — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Quechua: ukhu — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Russian: интерье́р (intɛrʹjér) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Russian: вну́тренность (vnútrennostʹ) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Russian: вну́тренняя часть (vnútrennjaja častʹ) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Sanskrit: अन्तर (antara) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Spanish: interior — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Swedish: interiör — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Swedish: insida — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Swedish: innandöme — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Swedish: det inre — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Tetum: laran — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Turkish: iç — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایچ (iç) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Ottoman Turkish: داخل (dâhil) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Vietnamese: nội thất — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Walloon: ådvins — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Yakut: ис (is) — the inside of an enclosed structure
  • Finnish: sisämaa — the inside regions of a country
  • Hindi: आंतरिक (āntrik) — the inside regions of a country
  • Hungarian: belterület — the inside regions of a country
  • Māori: manowhenua — the inside regions of a country
  • Persian: داخل (dâxel) — the inside regions of a country
  • Portuguese: interior — the inside regions of a country
  • Russian: вну́тренние райо́ны страны́ (vnútrennije rajóny straný) — the inside regions of a country
  • Turkish: dâhiliye — the inside regions of a country
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایچ (iç) — the inside regions of a country
  • Ottoman Turkish: داخل (dâhil) — the inside regions of a country
  • German: Inneres — the set of all interior points
  • German: offener Kern — the set of all interior points
  • Hebrew: פנים (pním) — the set of all interior points
  • Icelandic: innri kjarni — the set of all interior points
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