outward adj

1 relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections" [ant: inward]

2 that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" [syn: departing(a), outbound, outward-bound] adv : toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!" [syn: outwards] [ant: inward]

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

1. outer; located towards the outside

Adverb

1. toward the outside; away from the centre

   We are outward bound.

Translations

• Finnish: ulospäin
• Irish: amach

Synonyms

• outwards

apparent, apparently, appearing, bodily, carnal, conventionalized, cortical, epidermic, evident, exomorphic, exterior, exteriorly, external, externally, extraneous, extraorganismal, extrinsic, false, fleshly, foreign, formal, formalist, formalistic, formulary, forth, fringe, impersonal, legalistic, manifest, material, mundane, nominal, nonsubjective, objective, observable, obvious, on the outside, on the surface, open, openly, ostensible, out, outer, outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward-facing, outwardly, outwards, over, pedantic, peripheral, physical, pretended, public, publically, roundabout, secular, seeming, shallow, skin-deep, stylized, superficial, superficially, surface, temporal, terrestrial, to all appearances, visible, without, worldly