indoors

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UK/ɪnˈdɔːz/US/ɪnˈdɔɹz/

adverb

Inside, into, or within a building.

“I prefer the indoors to the outdoors.”

Similar
inside
Opposite
outdoors
Less commonScrabble 8
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Meanings

adverbindoors (not comparable)
  1. not comparableInside, into, or within a building.

    We went indoors when it started to rain.

    1 more example

    We stayed indoors to avoid the brutal heat.

noun
  1. The interior of a building; the space inside buildings generally.

    I prefer the indoors to the outdoors.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
outdoors

adverbwithin a building

Similar
inside
Opposite
outdoors
Also see
inside

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From in + doors, originally two words, representing earlier within doors.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Afrikaans binnenshuis
  • binnenshuisin or into a building
Bulgarian вътре, на закрито
  • вътре (vătre)in or into a building
  • на закрито (na zakrito)in or into a building
Catalan a l'interior
  • a l'interiorin or into a building
Chinese Mandarin 室內 /室内
  • 室內 /室内 (shìnèi)in or into a building
Danish indendørs
  • indendørsin or into a building
Dutch indoor
  • indoorin or into a building
Finnish sisään
  • sisäänin or into a building
French à l'intérieur, dedans
  • à l'intérieurin or into a building
  • dedansin or into a building
German drinnen, hinein
  • drinnenin or into a building
  • hineinin or into a building
  • hereinin or into a building
  • reinin or into a building
Icelandic inni, inn
  • inniin or into a building
  • innin or into a building
Irish isteach, istigh
  • isteachin or into a building
  • istighin or into a building
  • laistighin or into a building
Italian dentro, al chiuso
  • dentroin or into a building
  • al chiusoin or into a building
  • all'internoin or into a building
Norwegian innendørs, innomhus
  • innendørsin or into a building
  • innomhusin or into a building
Norwegian Bokmål innadørs
  • innadørsin or into a building
Portuguese num lugar fechado
  • num lugar fechadoin or into a building
Russian в помеще́нии, внутри́
  • в помеще́нии (v pomeščénii)in or into a building
  • внутри́in or into a building
Spanish dentro
  • dentroin or into a building
Swedish inomhus
  • inomhusin or into a building

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with indoors

outdoorsscoresyoursdoorsdrawersAzoresbores
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Anagrams

Sondriosindoorsordino
Cite this entry
APA

indoors. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indoors

MLA

“indoors.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indoors. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indoors,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indoors.

Source: indoors on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.