Synonyms for inward
ˈɪn wərdin·ward

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inward

   Synonyms:
   internal, interior, inner

   Antonyms:
   external, exterior, outward

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1. inwardadjective

   relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts

   "a concern with inward reflections"

   Synonyms:
   inbound

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, external, outer, outward, outwards

2. inbound, inwardadverb

   directed or moving inward or toward a center

   "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital"

   Synonyms:
   inbound

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, outer, external, outward, outwards

3. inward, inwardsadverb

   toward the center or interior

   "move the needle further inwards!"

   Synonyms:
   inwards, in

   Antonyms:
   external, outward, outgoing, outer, outwards

4. in, inwards, inwardadverb

   to or toward the inside of

   "come in"; "smash in the door"

   Synonyms:
   inwards, in

   Antonyms:
   outward, external, outgoing, outer, outwards

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1. inwardadjective

   Synonyms:
   interior, internal, inner

2. inwardadjective

   Synonyms:
   within, inwardly, toward the inside

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1. List of paraphrases for "inward":

   arriving, arrival, incoming, arrivals, inbound, external, foreign, internal, entry

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1. Finance Minister Taro Aso:

   Inward-looking policies involving one-sided, protectionist measures benefit no country.

2. H.W. Mann:

   The answers we seek are not out there. They are found when we bring our attention inward. Our higher self is already within us. We were born with it. It is who we truly are. It is our essence. We just need to wake up. The question is not, what do we need to do in order to achieve enlightenment. The question is, what do we need to let go of in order for enlightenment to flow.

3. Socrates:

   Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.

4. Andreas Lubitz:

   Psychology can explain why somebody would turn rage inward on themselves about the fact that maybe they weren't going to keep doing their job and they're upset about that and so they're suicidal, but there is no mental illness that explains why somebody then feels entitled to also take that rage and turn it outward on 149 other people who had nothing to do with the person's problems.

5. Sharon Silver:

   When you yell or punish, you shift a child’s focus. His focus moves from what he’s done, to retreating inward to protect himself from the intensity of the yelling and punishing.