Inwards

//ˈɪnwɚdz// adv, noun

adv, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of innards. alt-of, archaic, plural, plural-only

    "So I went up and down, and through the street, and down to the harbour-side, like a dog that has lost its master, with a strange gnawing in my inwards, and every now and then a movement of despair."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Towards the inside.

    "The underframe also carries four bonded-rubber mountings, focused upwards and inwards towards the centre of gravity to suspend the body shell."

Adverb
  1. 1
    toward the center or interior wordnet
  2. 2
    to or toward the inside of wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
abdomenanusappendixbowelsbraincolon

Example

More examples

"Its massive gravity well tugs many asteroids from the outer belt inwards."

Etymology

From in + -wards.

More for "inwards"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.