Definitions

in-house

[in-hous, in-hous] / ˈɪnˌhaʊs, ˈɪnˈhaʊs /

ADJECTIVE

inlying

Synonyms

WEAK

autogenous domestic endogenous gut home inland innermost inside interior internal intimate inward private remote secret visceral viscerous

ADJECTIVE

interior

Synonyms

STRONGEST

internal remote

STRONG

domestic gut home intimate private secret

WEAK

autogenous endogenous inland inner innermost inward visceral viscerous

Antonyms

STRONG

business open public revealed unconcealed

WEAK

exterior external outer outside

ADJECTIVE

internal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constitutional domestic intramural national private subjective

WEAK

centralized circumscribed civic enclosed gut home indigenous inherent innate inner innermore inside interior intestine intimate intrinsic inward municipal native visceral viscerous

Antonyms

WEAK

external outer

Example Sentences

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The data is also usually kept in house, so there’s not a wider knowledge of the problem.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

That is the result of its acquisition of 75% of Motivair External link in February 2025, which brought expertise in cooling distribution units and direct-to-chip cooling plates in house.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

More from the Moneyist: ‘I won’t take out a loan’: I need $18K in house repairs.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

“Just as Google brought in house some of the elements around chip design to reduce reliance on Nvidia, I think it makes sense that they’re also bringing the power-generation piece in house.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Right then the door of the house opened and my mother, in house slippers, stepped out into the frost-powdery air.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

in-house

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