external

/ɪkstˈɝnəl/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
   “the external auditory canal”
2. coming from the outside
   “extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph”
3. from or between other countries
   “external commerce”
4. purely outward or superficial- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
   “external composure”

noun

1. outward features
   “he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion”

Synonyms for external

• outer
• outside
• extraneous
• extrinsic
• international
• foreign
• outward

Antonyms of external

• internal

Words that rhyme with external

• infernal
• internal
• journal
• maternal
• paternal
• fraternal
• kernel
• diurnal
• eternal
• nocturnal
• vernal
• colonel
• bernal
• burnell
• durnell
• durnil
• pernell
• purnell