1. Located inward
   "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle";
   - interior, internal
    
2. Located or occurring within or closer to a centre
   "an inner room"
    
3. Innermost or essential
   "the inner logic of Cubism";
   - internal, intimate
    
4. (anatomy) inside or closer to the inside of the body
   "the inner ear"
    
5. Confined to an exclusive group
   "privy to inner knowledge";
   - inside, privileged
    
6. Exclusive to a centre; especially a centre of influence
   "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government"

1. The part of something that is further inside; the internal or less apparent part
   "We need to clean the inners of the windows"
    
2. (footwear) a removable insole
   "He replaced the inners of his work boots for better support"
    
3. (baseball) a hit that lands inside the foul lines
   "The batter hit an inner down the third-base line"
    
4. (archery) the central part of a target
   "Her arrow hit the inner, just missing a perfect bullseye"

Derived forms: inners

See also: central, exclusive, inmost, innermost, inside, internal, intrinsic, intrinsical [archaic], inward, position, spatial relation

Antonym: outer

Encyclopedia: Inner