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The Meaning of outward

  • (adv.) Alt. of Outwards
  • (a.) Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the outer surface or to what is external; manifest; public.
  • (a.) Foreign; not civil or intestine; as, an outward war.
  • (a.) Tending to the exterior or outside.
  • (n.) External form; exterior.

Synonyms

outbound , outward-bound , outwards

Antonyms

inward , inward

Rhymes

fibered , cultured , gathered , bickered , reconsidered , ladybird , blackbeard , tow-colored , well-measured , registered , gerrymandered , checkered , tampered , round-shouldered , tattered , sternward , bayard , norward , coastward , cupboard , scoured , unfiltered , party-colored , mousebird , tortured , ahungered , r-colored , swanherd , reheard , unhindered , faltered , ivory-towered , kennard , cluttered , murdered , gestured , ill-considered , overword , entered , counterword , tutored , swineherd , sunbird , underpowered , armoured , haverford , staggered , medford , haggard , featured , blurred , unbothered , boward , raynard reynard , uncovered , shorebird , nonstandard , shepard , pritchard , songbird , glost-fired , dickered , centered , half-covered , sheperd shepherd , mustered , endeavored , bechard , unexpired , pattered , spired , motored , half-timbered , cater-cornered , lustred , gaillard , buffered , bettered , tailorbird , gooseherd , well-ordered , trafford , twenty-third , tapered , westward , misword , placard , east-southeastward , biscuit-fired , jailbird , tankard , eastward , humored , concurred , good-humoured , flame-colored , harvard , glowered , kingbird , blanford , factored , encumbered , lyford sifford , required , skewered , occured , quizard wizard , well-tailored , fluttered , good-tempered , uncultured , custard , begird , hard-featured , seaward , brassard , pondered , suffered , leppard , bewhiskered , pinard , ashford , vanward , favored , ruford , quartered , disfigured , hunkered , maynard , afterward , shimmered , byrd , dog-tired , north-northwestward , szilard , flickered , stirred third , fired , good-natured , rehired required , conjured , shattered spattered , downward , watered , wickard , villard , lepard , inspired , bothered , mainard , dishonored , rudyard , outnumbered , acred , outward , brainerd , chicken-livered , coloured , dorward , straw-colored , wollard , northeastward , butcherbird , dillard , afterword , dickard , multilayered , hillard , vinyard , brevard , laggard , transferred , bartered , unregistered , redford , bailard , transpired , uncensored , lillard , thagard , waterward , bustard , twiford , seaford , differed , unremembered , hazzard , churchward , butterfingered , desired , lingard , badgered , izzard , untutored , mattered , mentored , hanford , ledford , ventured , unnumbered , byford , villard willard , herd , bufford , open-timbered , kitty-cornered , lustered , stuard , time-honored , burred , stoddard , carry-forward , west-northwestward , textured , lacquered , kurd , clamored , deferred , glittered , dollard , flowered , reynard , tired , neutered , conard , well-tempered , undesired , sequestered , gas-fired , well-armored , fettered , rediscovered , cowbird , hubbard , eppard , brainard , catbird , chambered , conferred , thaggard , wayward , acquired , varicolored , hampered , coffered , starboard , interred , hired , elmsford , offered , manford sanford , empowered , wizard , heckard , heward , sixty-third , backward , shuttered , engird , buzzword , ferd , countercolored , showered soured , uncured , shepherd , unchartered , tailored , lectured , unsheltered , martyred , severed , well-heard , branford , yardbird , three-cornered , perjured , lenard , brokered , considered , lingered , slankard , reedbird , stradford , plundered , deterred , sheltered , chauffeured , richerd , unhampered , fendered , undeterred , dormered , figured , billiard , safford , discovered , light-fingered , abelard , misremembered , withered , layered , straightforward , undergird , hansford , membered , unsugared , transfered , bollard , uninjured , flattered , blizard , deferred demurred , uncoloured , coffee-colored , eckard , sugared , jerde , cornered , broward , numbered , scabbard , petard , herd hird , mofford , colored , enamored , unhonoured , ill-natured , dove-colored , warbird , hard-favored , kingsford , prichard , pickford , unmeasured , eighty-third , bellbird , remanufactured , tedford , blizzard , slaughtered , squandered , labored , packard , embittered , keyword , standard , mallard , shumard , rust-colored , shepperd , wired , lowered , ordered , lansford , ice-scoured , cranford , savored , incurred , daynard , longbeard , drunkard , rearward , bransford , thirty-third , byword , festered , disordered , recovered , unuttered , unfettered , undiscovered , alward , catty-cornered , high-colored , weathered , powered , mannered , scampered , ovenbird , frittered , forty-third , sherard , man-tailored , fingered , configured , buzzard , rickard , lenhard , misheard , ill-favored , radford , unheard , overpowered , biohazard , occurred prefered , niggard , captured , astred , unlettered , rumored , well-wired , slandered , remembered , flesh-colored , spickard , snowbird , gerd , hurd , miniard , eduard , flavored , zippered , sheppard , angered , leard , giffard , reckard , upward , ballard , hummingbird , simard , hindward , firebird , laboured , flustered , henard , izard , armored , mumford , earthward , cityward , unlaboured , richard , indentured , willard , bedford , endangered , antbird , half-colored , manward , swearword , eckerd , restructured , reconfigured , slurred , fifty-third , plastered , chartered , manard , filtered , foreword , windward , wandered , seward , preferred , soward , dismembered , lizard , third , white-livered , keyword , lily-livered , wavered , redbird , sweet-tempered , measured , blackard , hangbird , dickeybird , even-tempered , baynard , collared , bowerbird , pestered , scattered , injured , muttered , reword , headword , steward , hufford , northward , stanard , underfired , half-heard , cloistered , answered , heard , plassard , lawford , gifford , frontward , antbird , jaybird , blanchard , heavenward , rainbird , fathered , inward