Synonyms: internal
Definition: happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
Usage: internal organs; internal mechanism of a toy; internal party maneuvering
Similar words: inner
Definition: inside or closer to the inside of the body
Usage: the inner ear
Similar words: interior
Definition: inside and toward a center
Usage: interior regions of the earth
Similar words: internecine
Definition: (of conflict) within a group or organization
Usage: an internecine feud among proxy holders
Similar words: intrinsic
Definition: situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts
Usage: intrinsic muscles
Synonyms: inner, interior, internal
Definition: located inward
Usage: 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.
Similar words: inward
Definition: relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
Usage: a concern with inward reflections
Synonyms: interior, internal, home, national
Definition: inside the country
Usage: the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior; the nation's internal politics
Similar words: domestic
Definition: of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
Usage: domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction
Synonyms: intragroup, internal
Definition: occurring within an institution or community
Usage: intragroup squabbling within the corporation
Similar words: intramural
Definition: carried on within the bounds of an institution or community
Usage: most of the students participated actively in the college's intramural sports program
Synonyms: inner, internal, intimate
Definition: innermost or essential
Usage: the inner logic of Cubism; the internal contradictions of the theory; the intimate structure of matter
Similar words: intrinsic, intrinsical
Definition: belonging to a thing by its very nature
Usage: form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing- John Dewey