Antonyms for exterior
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : ik-steer-ee-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstɪər i ər |
Definition of exterior
Origin :- 1520s, from Latin exterior, comparative of exterus "on the outside, outward, outer, of another country, foreign," itself a comparative of ex "out of" (see ex-). As a noun from 1590s.
- adj outside
- noun visible part
- Hawarden is called a Castle, but it has not, either in its exterior or interior, the aspect of a Castle.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- The exterior is not remarkable, but the beauty of the internal ornament is most striking.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
- This change, if it deteriorated his mind, improved his exterior.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- It was a large house; but low and straggling; and unpretending in its exterior.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- The Tuttle person under an exterior geniality was rather abrupt.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- No rasping essences, none of the exterior of blackness and crêpe.
- Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos
- The windows do not cut into the exterior cornice of the dome.
- Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
- To the exterior of the walls and the apses some decoration is now applied.
- Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
- The inside of the house was even huger than I had thought from the look of the exterior.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- The present exterior of the castle denotes its former magnificence.
- Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
Synonyms for exterior
- appearance
- aspect
- coating
- cover
- covering
- exoteric
- exteriority
- external
- extraneous
- extraterrestrial
- extraterritorial
- extrinsic
- facade
- face
- finish
- foreign
- marginal
- outdoor
- outer
- outermost
- outlying
- outmost
- outside
- outward
- over
- peripheral
- polish
- rind
- shell
- skin
- superficial
- superficies
- superstratum
- surface
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