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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (6)

1. located inward;
- Example: "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein
- Example: "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby
- Example: "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
[syn: inner, interior, internal]

2. located or occurring within or closer to a center;
- Example: "an inner room"

3. innermost or essential;
- Example: "the inner logic of Cubism"
- Example: "the internal contradictions of the theory"
- Example: "the intimate structure of matter"
[syn: inner, internal, intimate]

4. confined to an exclusive group;
- Example: "privy to inner knowledge"
- Example: "inside information"
- Example: "privileged information"
[syn: inside, inner, privileged]

5. exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence;
- Example: "inner regions of the organization"
- Example: "inner circles of government"

6. inside or closer to the inside of the body;
- Example: "the inner ear"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inner \In"ner\ ([i^]n"n[~e]r), a. [AS. innera, a compar. fr. inne within, fr. in in. See In.] 1. Further in; interior; internal; not outward; as, an inner chamber. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the spirit or its phenomena. [1913 Webster] This attracts the soul, Governs the inner man, the nobler part. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Not obvious or easily discovered; obscure. [1913 Webster] Inner house (Scot.), the first and second divisions of the court of Session at Edinburgh; also, the place of their sittings. Inner jib (Naut.), a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay running from the fore-topmast head to the jib boom. Inner plate (Arch.), the wall plate which lies nearest to the center of the roof, in a double-plated roof. Inner post (Naut.), a piece brought on at the fore side of the main post, to support the transoms. Inner square (Carp.), the angle formed by the inner edges of a carpenter's square. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inner adj 1: located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. [syn: inner, interior, internal] 2: located or occurring within or closer to a center; "an inner room" [ant: outer(a)] 3: innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter" [syn: inner, internal, intimate] 4: confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information" [syn: inside, inner, privileged] 5: exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence; "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government" 6: inside or closer to the inside of the body; "the inner ear"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

69 Moby Thesaurus words for "inner": absolute, central, certain, close, concealed, concrete, constitutional, deep, deep-seated, defined, definite, detailed, determinate, different, distinct, distinguished, esoteric, especial, essential, exceptional, express, extraordinary, familiar, fixed, focal, gut, hidden, immanent, implanted, implicit, inalienable, individual, indoor, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inmost, innermost, inside, interior, internal, intestine, intimate, intrinsic, inward, inwrought, irreducible, middle, minute, noteworthy, nuclear, particular, personal, precise, private, resident, respective, secret, several, singular, solipsistic, special, specific, subjective, unalienable, unchallengeable, unquestionable, visceral