Inward

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Adverb
• HYPHEN: in=ward

CIDE DICTIONARY

Inward, a. [AS. inweard, inneweard, innanweard, fr. innan, inne, within (fr. in in; see In) + the suffix -weard, E. -ward.].

•  Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to outward.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
•  Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  Intimate; domestic; private.  [1913 Webster]

  "All my inward friends abhorred me."  [1913 Webster]

  "He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life."  [1913 Webster]

Inward, n. 

•  That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.  Jer. Taylor.  [1913 Webster]

  "Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat."  [1913 Webster]
•  The mental faculties; -- usually pl.  [1913 Webster]
•  An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance.  Shak.

Inward, adv. [AS. inweard. The ending -s is prop. a genitive ending. See Inward, a., -wards.].

•  Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward.  [1913 Webster]
•  Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward.  [1913 Webster]

  "So much the rather, thou Celestial Light,
  Shine inward."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Inward, adj. & adv.
--adj.
1 directed toward the inside; going in.
2 situated within.
3 mental, spiritual.
--adv. (also inwards)
1 (of motion or position) towards the inside.
2 in the mind or soul.

Etymology

OE innanweard (as IN, -WARD)

THESAURUS

Inward

anonymous, bosom, center, central, closet, core, deep, deep-seated, deepest recesses, entering, esoteric, guts, heart, heart of hearts, immanent, implanted, implicit, in, inalienable, inbound, incognito, incoming, indoor, indwelling, infixed, inflooding, inflowing, ingoing, ingrained, ingressive, inherent, inland, inmost, innards, inner, inner landscape, inner life, inner man, inner nature, inner recess, inner self, innermost, inpouring, inshore, inside, insides, interior, interior man, intern, internal, internals, intestine, intimate, intrados, intrinsic, intrusive, invasive, inward-bound, inwardly, inwards, inwrought, irreducible, irruptive, isolated, penetralia, personal, private, privy, recesses, resident, retired, secluded, secret, secret place, secret places, sequestered, soul, stuffing, subjective, tripes, unalienable, unchallengeable, unquestionable, viscera, vital center, vitals, withdrawn, within, withinwards

ROGET THESAURUS

Inward

Intrinsicality

N intrinsicality, inbeing, inherence, inhesion, subjectiveness, ego, egohood, essence, noumenon, essentialness, essential part, quintessence, incarnation, quiddity, gist, pith, marrow, core, sap, lifeblood, backbone, heart, soul, important part, principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis, diathesis, habit, temper, temperament, spirit, humor, grain, disposition, endowment, capacity, capability, moods, declensions, features, aspects, peculiarities, idiosyncrasy, oddity, idiocrasy, diagnostics, derived from within, subjective, intrinsic, intrinsical, fundamental, normal, implanted, inherent, essential, natural, innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inwrought, coeval with birth, genetous, haematobious, syngenic, radical, incarnate, thoroughbred, hereditary, inherited, immanent, congenital, congenite, connate, running in the blood, ingenerate, ingenite, indigenous, in the grain, bred in the bone, instinctive, inward, internal, to the manner born, virtual, characteristic, invariable, incurable, incorrigible, ineradicable, fixed, intrinsically, at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually, substantially, au fond, fairly, character is higher than intellect, come give us a taste of your quality, magnos homines virtute metimur non fortuna, non numero haec judicantur sed pondere, vital spark of heavenly flame.

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.