Main entry: external
Definition: happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
Usage: the external auditory canal; external pressures
Antonyms: internal
Definition: happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
Definition: the inner or enclosed surface of something
Definition: the region that is inside of something
Antonyms: inside
Definition: relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
Definition: within a building
Definition: on the inside
Antonyms: inner
Definition: located or occurring within or closer to a center
Main entry: external
Definition: purely outward or superficial
Usage: external composure; an external concern for reputation- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
Antonyms: inward
Definition: relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
Definition: toward the center or interior
Main entry: outside, external, international
Definition: from or between other countries
Usage: external commerce; international trade; developing nations need outside help
Antonyms: native
Definition: characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
Antonyms: domestic
Definition: of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
Main entry: external, extraneous, outside
Definition: coming from the outside
Usage: extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph; relying upon an extraneous income; disdaining outside pressure groups
Antonyms: intrinsic, intrinsical
Definition: belonging to a thing by its very nature