inward

[in-werd] / ˈɪn wərd /

ADJECTIVE

ingoing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

inbound

WEAK

entering incoming infiltrating inflowing inpouring penetrating through

Antonyms

WEAK

outgoing outward public

ADJECTIVE

private

Synonyms

WEAK

confidential hidden inmost inner innermost inside intellectual interior internal intimate personal privy psychological religious secret spiritual

Antonyms

WEAK

outgoing outward public

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Here, she turns that same archival rigor inward on her own family’s immigrant story, as unsparing as it is tender.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

This finding challenges previous assumptions and supports the idea that TOI-1130b formed much farther out before migrating inward.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

You want the straight side of each triangle to face outward while both triangles’ angled sides face inward toward each other.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

To call him a good loser is simply untrue—though from what we can tell the bitterness was always directed inward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Now they were out, and I felt myself crumpling inward.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon

inward

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