external
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
outward features
he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion
Types & categories
- feature hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
the external auditory canal
Related & opposite
- outside also see
- internal antonym
- spatial relation attribute
- externality derivation
- outer similar to
- outside similar to
Sense 3 adjective
coming from the outside
extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph
Related & opposite
- externality derivation
- extraneousness derivation
- extrinsic similar to
Sense 4 adjective
from or between other countries
external commerce
Related & opposite
- internationality derivation
- foreign similar to
Sense 5 adjective
purely outward or superficial
external composure
Related & opposite
- outward similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | feature |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | outside |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | internal |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | spatial relation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | externality |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | outer |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | outside |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | externality |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | extraneousness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | extrinsic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | internationality |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | foreign |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | outward |