- located farther without; exterior; external
- relatively far out or far removed: the outer regions
Origin of outer
Middle English outter; new form from out + -er, replacing uttere, utterouter
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outer
adjective
- Located on the outside; external.
- Farther than another from the center or middle.
- Relating to the body or its appearance rather than the mind or spirit.
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Adjective
(comparative outermore, superlative outermost)
- Outside; external.
- Farther from the centre of the inside.
Antonyms
Noun
(plural outers)
Noun
(plural outers)
- Someone who admits to something publicly.
- Someone who outs another.
- One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
- An ouster; dispossession.
Origin
out (verb) + -er (“agent suffix")
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