inner meaning and definition

INNER adjective

Definition of inner (adjective)

1. located inward
   • "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
   • synonyms: interior, internal
2. located or occurring within or closer to a center
   • "an inner room"
   • antonym: outer
3. innermost or essential
   • "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"
   • synonyms: internal, intimate
4. confined to an exclusive group
   • "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information"
   • synonyms: inside, privileged
5. exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
   • "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government"
6. inside or closer to the inside of the body
   • "the inner ear"