Interior meaning

What does “interior” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“interior” is a noun and adjective with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the region that is inside of something.

interior

noun

  1. the region that is inside of something

    Synonymsinside
  2. the inner or enclosed surface of something

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

adjective

  1. situated within or suitable for inside a building

    “an interior scene”

    “interior decoration”

    Oppositesexterior
  2. inside the country

    “the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior”

    “the nation's internal politics”

  3. located inward

    “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”

  4. inside and toward a center

    “interior regions of the earth”

  5. of or coming from the middle of a region or country

    “upcountry districts”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University