Word Type

Adjective

Noun

Adjective

The word "external" can be used as adjective, noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

internal internal

Derived Terms

anteroexternal dorsoexternal external acoustic meatus external auditory canal external auditory meatus external carotid artery external cause external condom external conflict external coupling external ear external fertilization external genitalia external hemorrhoid external iliac artery external link external maxillary artery external oblique external oblique muscle external risk external sandhi external stimulus external urethral orifice external world externalise externalism externalist externalistic externality externalization externalize externally externalness extimate nonexternal posteroexternal semiexternal

Context

anatomy programming

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

characteristic feature

Type Of (IsA)

feature peripheral device

Related Terms

accidental accompanying c define essential exterior intrinsic lateral mesial outside plane programming language source code superficial value variable

Similar Terms

extrinsic foreign outer outer outside outside outward outward

Synonym Network

extraneous international

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