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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | within |
| Synonyms: | centralized, circumscribed, civic, constitutional, domestic, enclosed, gut, home, in-house, indigenous, inherent, innate, inner, innermore, inside, interior, intestine, intimate, intramural, intrinsic, inward, municipal, national, native, private, subjective, visceral, viscerous |
| Antonyms: | external, outer |
| Main Entry: | domestic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not foreign |
| Synonyms: | handcrafted, home-grown, homemade, indigenous, inland, internal, intestine, intramural, municipal, national, native |
| Notes: | a domestic animal is a pet; a domesticated animal is a formerly wild animal bred for human use |
| Antonyms: | alien, foreign |
| Main Entry: | gut |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intuitive |
| Synonyms: | basic, deep-seated, emotional, heartfelt, innate, inner, instinctive, interior, internal, intimate, involuntary, natural, spontaneous, unthinking, visceral, viscerous |
| Antonyms: | material, physical |
| Main Entry: | home |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domestic |
| Synonyms: | at ease, at rest, central, down home, familiar, family, homely, homey, household, in one's element, in the bosom, inland, internal, local, national, native |
| Notes: | hone means to sharpen, while home (in) means to seek out a target; you can hone a skill but you home in on something a house is the building or structure in which one lives; home is the place one lives with the pleasant connotations or family ties included |
| Antonyms: | business, commercial |
| Main Entry: | inherent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, hereditary |
| Synonyms: | built-in, characteristic, congenital, connate, constitutional, deep-rooted, deep-seated, distinctive, elementary, essential, fixed, fundamental, genetic, immanent, implicit, in the grain, inborn, inbred, inbuilt, indigenous, indispensable, individual, indwelling, ingrained, inherited, innate, inner, instinctive, integral, integrated, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, latent, native, natural, original, part and parcel, resident, running in the family, subjective, unalienable |
| Notes: | the word innate means 'inborn' and should apply to living things; inherent is 'essential, intrinsic' and applies best to nonliving things like ideas |
| Antonyms: | acquired, added, external, extrinsic, incidental, learned |
| Main Entry: | inner |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | central, middle physically |
| Synonyms: | close, constitutional, essential, familiar, focal, inherent, innermore, inside, interior, internal, intestinal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, nuclear |
| Antonyms: | exterior, external, outer, outside |
| Main Entry: | inner |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mental, private |
| Synonyms: | central, concealed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, emotional, esoteric, essential, focal, gut, hidden, individual, inherent, innate, inside, interior, internal, intimate, intrinsic, intuitive, inward, personal, psychological, repressed, secret, spiritual, subconscious, unrevealed, visceral, viscerous |
| Antonyms: | outer, physical |
| Main Entry: | inside |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in the middle; interior |
| Synonyms: | central, indoors, inner, innermost, internal, intramural, inward, surrounded, under a roof |
| Notes: | inside of is redundant; just say inside |
| Antonyms: | exterior, external, outer, outside |
| Main Entry: | inside |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret |
| Synonyms: | classified, closet, confidential, esoteric, exclusive, hushed, internal, limited, private, restricted |
| Notes: | inside of is redundant; just say inside |
| Antonyms: | known, public |
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