inner

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: in=ner
• COUNT in NET: 81 in 77 verses (in OT : 72 in 68 verses) (in NT : 9 in 9 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

inner, a. [AS. innera, a compar. fr. inne within, fr. in in. See In.].

•  Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an inner chamber.  [1913 Webster]
•  Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena.  [1913 Webster]

  "This attracts the soul,
  Governs the inner man, the nobler part."  [1913 Webster]
•  Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure.  [1913 Webster]

Inner house (Scot.), the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also, the place of their sittings. -- Inner jib (Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom. -- Inner plate (Arch.), the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof, in a double-plated roof. -- Inner post (Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms. -- Inner square (Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inner, adj. & n.
--adj. (usu. attrib.)
1 further in; inside; interior (the inner compartment).
2 (of thoughts, feelings, etc.) deeper; more secret.
--n. Archery 1 a division of the target next to the bull's-eye.
2 a shot that strikes this.

Idiom

inner bar Brit. Law Queen's or King's Counsel collectively. inner city the central most densely populated area of a city (also (with hyphen) attrib.: inner-city housing). inner-directed Psychol. governed by standards formed in childhood. inner man (or woman)
1 the soul or mind.
2 joc. the stomach. inner planet an inferior planet (see INFERIOR adj. 3).
inner space
1 the region between the earth and outer space, or below the surface of the sea.
2 the part of the mind not normally accessible to consciousness. inner-spring US = interior-sprung. Inner Temple one of the two Inns of Court on the site of the Temple in London (cf. Middle Temple). inner tube a separate inflatable tube inside the cover of a pneumatic tyre.

Derivative

innerly adv. innermost adj. innerness n.

Etymology

OE innera (adj.), compar. of IN

THESAURUS

inner

absolute, central, certain, close, concealed, concrete, constitutional, deep, deep-seated, defined, definite, detailed, determinate, different, distinct, distinguished, esoteric, especial, essential, exceptional, express, extraordinary, familiar, fixed, focal, gut, hidden, immanent, implanted, implicit, inalienable, individual, indoor, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inmost, innermost, inside, interior, internal, intestine, intimate, intrinsic, inward, inwrought, irreducible, middle, minute, noteworthy, nuclear, particular, personal, precise, private, resident, respective, secret, several, singular, solipsistic, special, specific, subjective, unalienable, unchallengeable, unquestionable, visceral

ROGET THESAURUS

inner

Interiority

N interiority, inside, interior, interspace, subsoil, substratum, intrados, contents, substance, pith, marrow, backbone, heart, bosom, breast, abdomen, vitals, viscera, entrails, bowels, belly, intestines, guts, chitterings, womb, lap, penetralia, recesses, innermost recesses, cave, interior, internal, inner, inside, inward, intraregarding, inmost, innermost, deep seated, gut, intestine, intestinal, inland, subcutaneous, abdominal, coeliac, endomorphic, interstitial, inwrought, inclosed, home, domestic, indoor, intramural, vernacular, endemic, internally, inwards, within, in, inly, here in, there in, where in, ab intra, withinside, in doors, within doors, at home, in the bosom of one's family.