No matter how we try, it is impossible to distinguish good people from bad people by outward appearances.
Source: tatoeba (21974)
Outward
//ˈaʊt.wɚd//
Synonyms for "outward" (79 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
Adjective(2 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 16 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- արտաքին adj (outer; located towards the outside)
Bulgarian
2 entries- външен adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- навън adv (toward the outside; away from the centre)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 向外 adv (toward the outside; away from the centre)
Finnish
2 entries- ulompi adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- ulospäin adv (toward the outside; away from the centre)
French
2 entries- externe adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- vers l'extérieur adv (toward the outside; away from the centre)
Georgian
4 entries- გარე adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- გარეგანი adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- გარეთკენ adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- გარეშე adj (outer; located towards the outside)
German
2 entries- äußere adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- nach außen adv (toward the outside; away from the centre)
Irish
1 entries- amach adv (toward the outside; away from the centre)
Japanese
1 entries- 外へ adv (toward the outside; away from the centre)
Latin
2 entries- exter adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- externus adj (outer; located towards the outside)
Macedonian
2 entries- надво́решен adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- на́надвор adv (toward the outside; away from the centre)
Māori
4 entries- ki waho adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- mōwaho adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- ki waho adv (toward the outside; away from the centre)
- whakawaho adv (toward the outside; away from the centre)
Romanian
1 entries- în afara adj (outer; located towards the outside)
Russian
3 entries- вне́шний adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- нару́жный adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- нару́жу adv (toward the outside; away from the centre)
Spanish
2 entries- exterior adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- externo adj (outer; located towards the outside)
Swedish
2 entries- yttre adj (outer; located towards the outside)
- yttre adv (toward the outside; away from the centre)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
One cannot judge people only by their outward appearances.
Source: tatoeba (21976)
A person who is sapiosexual feels attracted by the intelligence of another person more than by outward appearance.
Source: tatoeba (781663)
Those who look outward dream, but those who look inward awaken.
Source: tatoeba (1634796)
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