Meanings
interior1
adjectiveinterior (not comparable)
alternative interiour
- not comparableWithin any limits, enclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner.
the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball
- not comparableRemote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland.
the interior parts of a region or country
nouninterior (plural interiors)
plural interiors
- The inside regions of a country, continent, etc., distanced from the borders or coasts.
Near-synonyms: backcountry, upcountry, hinterland
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Sir Richard Burton explored far into the African interior.
Nearly 44 percent of all cargo involves the Soviet Union; 10 percent is transit goods for the landlocked European interior—Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria.
1989 May, Priit J. Vesilind, “The Baltic: Arena of Power”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 623Synonyms: backcountry, upcountry, hinterland
- mathematicsThe set of all interior points of a set.
Interior2
proper noun
- A town and village in South Dakota, United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe inside regions of a country, continent, etc., distanced from the borders or coasts.
proper nounA region of British Columbia, Canada.
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nounthe United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849
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Broader
executive department
adjectiveinside and toward a center
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Origin
- Latininterior“inner, interior”
- Englishinterior
From Latin interior (“inner, interior”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian въ́трешен, вътрешност
- въ́трешен (vắtrešen)having to do with the inner part of something
- вътрешност (vătrešnost)the inside of an enclosed structure
Catalan interior, interior
- interiorhaving to do with the inner part of something
- interiorhaving to do with the inland parts of a country
- interiorthe inside of an enclosed structure
Chinese Mandarin 內部 /内部, 內陸 /内陆
- 內部 /内部 (nèibù)having to do with the inner part of something
- 內陸 /内陆 (nèilù)having to do with the inland parts of a country
- 內部 /内部 (nèibù)the inside of an enclosed structure
- 內部 /内部 (neìbù)the set of all interior points
Czech vnitřní
- vnitřníhaving to do with the inner part of something
Dutch interieur
- interieurthe inside of an enclosed structure
Esperanto ena, interno
- enahaving to do with the inner part of something
- internothe inside of an enclosed structure
Finnish sisä-, sisäinen
- sisä-having to do with the inner part of something
- sisäinenhaving to do with the inner part of something
- sisäpuolinenhaving to do with the inner part of something
- sisustus-having to do with the inner part of something
- sisä-having to do with the inland parts of a country
- sisätilathe inside of an enclosed structure
- sisusthe inside of an enclosed structure
- sisäpuolithe inside of an enclosed structure
- sisämaathe inside regions of a country
French intérieur, intérieur
- intérieurhaving to do with the inner part of something
- intérieurthe inside of an enclosed structure
German inner, Interieur
- innerhaving to do with the inner part of something
- Interieurthe inside of an enclosed structure
- Inneresthe inside of an enclosed structure
- Innenraumthe inside of an enclosed structure
- Landesinneresthe inside regions of a country
- Inneresthe set of all interior points
- offener Kernthe set of all interior points
Hebrew פנים
- פנים (pním)the set of all interior points
Hindi आंतरिक, अंतः
- आंतरिक (āntrik)having to do with the inner part of something
- अंतः (antaḥ)having to do with the inner part of something
- आंतरिक (āntrik)having to do with the inland parts of a country
- अंतः (antaḥ)the inside of an enclosed structure
- आंतरिक (āntrik)the inside regions of a country
Hungarian belső, bel-
- belsőhaving to do with the inner part of something
- bel-having to do with the inland parts of a country
- belsőthe inside of an enclosed structure
- belterületthe inside regions of a country
Icelandic innri kjarni
- innri kjarnithe set of all interior points
Italian interiore, interno
- interiorehaving to do with the inner part of something
- internohaving to do with the inner part of something
Japanese 内部, 内装
- 内部 (naibu)having to do with the inner part of something
- 内装 (naisō)the inside of an enclosed structure
- 内部 (naibu)the inside of an enclosed structure
- インテリア (interia)the inside of an enclosed structure
Latin penitus
- penitushaving to do with the inner part of something
Māori o roto, uta
- o rotohaving to do with the inner part of something
- utahaving to do with the inland parts of a country
- manowhenuathe inside regions of a country
Norwegian Bokmål interiør
- interiørthe inside of an enclosed structure
Persian درون, داخل
- درون (darun)the inside of an enclosed structure
- داخل (dâxel)the inside of an enclosed structure
- داخل (dâxel)the inside regions of a country
Polish wewnętrzny, wnętrze
- wewnętrznyhaving to do with the inner part of something
- wnętrzethe inside of an enclosed structure
Portuguese interior, interior
- interiorhaving to do with the inner part of something
- interiorhaving to do with the inland parts of a country
- interiorthe inside of an enclosed structure
- interiorthe inside regions of a country
Romanian intern, interior
- internhaving to do with the inner part of something
- interiorhaving to do with the inner part of something
- internhaving to do with the inland parts of a country
Russian вну́тренний, вну́тренний
- вну́тренний (vnútrennij)having to do with the inner part of something
- вну́тренний (vnútrennij)having to do with the inland parts of a country
- интерье́р (intɛrʹjér)the inside of an enclosed structure
- вну́тренность (vnútrennostʹ)the inside of an enclosed structure
- вну́тренняя часть (vnútrennjaja častʹ)the inside of an enclosed structure
- вну́тренние райо́ны страны́ (vnútrennije rajóny straný)the inside regions of a country
Slovak vnútorný
- vnútornýhaving to do with the inner part of something
Spanish interior, interior
- interiorhaving to do with the inner part of something
- interiorhaving to do with the inland parts of a country
- interianohaving to do with the inland parts of a country
- interioranohaving to do with the inland parts of a country
- interiorthe inside of an enclosed structure
Swedish interiör, insida
- interiörthe inside of an enclosed structure
- insidathe inside of an enclosed structure
- innandömethe inside of an enclosed structure
- det inrethe inside of an enclosed structure
Turkish iç, içteki
- içhaving to do with the inner part of something
- içtekihaving to do with the inner part of something
- içthe inside of an enclosed structure
- dâhiliyethe inside regions of a country
Ukrainian вну́трішній
- вну́трішній (vnútrišnij)having to do with the inner part of something
Vietnamese nội địa, nội thất
- nội địahaving to do with the inland parts of a country
- nội thấtthe inside of an enclosed structure
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with interior
superiorexteriorinferioranteriorposteriorulterioranteroposterioranteroinferioranterosuperiorapicoposteriorcentroanteriorcentroposteriorciteriordistoanteriordistoposteriordorsoanteriordorsoposteriorfrontoposteriorHomo superiorinferoanteriorinferoposteriorlateroanteriorlateroinferiorlateroposterior
All rhymes →Cite this entry
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“interior.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interior. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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