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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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

Coltrane’s account of her inward quest is simultaneously proto-Afrofuturist, transcendental and totally human.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

In this zone, the combined gravitational effects of the two stars either fling planets out of the system or pull them inward until they are destroyed.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

This suggests they likely formed farther out and later migrated inward, since forming near the boundary would be extremely difficult.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

After she had offered the challenge, all he could think about was learning in school how shark teeth angled inward so fish could swim in but not out.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

inward

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