interior

Inside a building, object, or other space.

• The interior walls are white.
• They painted every interior door.
• The bowl has a smooth interior surface.

Similar words: inner, internal

Opposites: exterior

Common phrases: interior walls, interior door, interior surface

Far from a country’s coast or borders.

• The interior regions are very dry.
• Few roads reach the interior villages.
• People moved from coastal cities to interior towns.

Similar words: inland

Opposites: coastal

Common phrases: interior regions, interior provinces, interior towns

The space or area inside a building, vehicle, or other closed object.

• The car has a clean interior.
• They decorated the interior of the house.
• Both buses have comfortable interiors.

How to use it: interior of something (The interior of the box is lined with cloth.)

Similar words: inside

Opposites: exterior

Common phrases: car interior, interior of something, spacious interior

The part of a country or continent far from its coast or borders.

• They traveled into the interior.
• Rain rarely reaches the country’s interior.
• The explorers crossed the interior on foot.

How to use it: interior of somewhere (Much of the interior of Australia is dry.)

Similar words: hinterland, inland region

Common phrases: country’s interior, deep interior, interior of somewhere