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innermost

US/ˈɪnɚmoʊst/

innermost is the superlative form of inner.

Meaning of inner

Adjective

inner (comparative (rare) innermore or (obsolete) inmore, superlative innermost or inmost)

  1. Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
    • inner door; inner room; inner sanctum; inner surface
  2. Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
    • the inner suburbs
  3. Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
    • inner ear
  4. Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
    • inner confidence; inner strength; inner life; inner child; inner artist; inner peace; inner light
  5. Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
    • inner meaning; inner resources; inner logic
  6. Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.
    • inner circle; inner council

See all 13 meanings of inner

Noun

innermost (plural innermosts)

  1. That which is innermost; the core.
    • […] he had decided to not seek outside of himself where companionship and friendliness might be a soothing submergence. It seemed he had instead chosen to turn deeply inwards, towards the measures and pains of his wracked innermosts.1977, Michael Spence Lowdell Morris, The Spirit of Michael Webfoot, page 10

Antonyms of innermost

Forms of innermost

Adjective
alternative forminmost
Noun
pluralinnermosts

Origin of innermost

From Middle English innermost, innermest, in-nermast, alteration (due to Middle English inner, innere (“inner”)) of Old English innemest (“innermost”), equivalent to inner + -most.

Words formed from innermost

Phrases with innermost

Questions about innermost

What does innermost mean?
Innermost means that which is innermost; the core.
What is innermost the superlative form of?
Innermost is the superlative form of inner.
What part of speech is innermost?
Innermost is a noun.
How do you pronounce innermost?
Innermost is pronounced /ˈɪnɚmoʊst/ (US).
What is the plural of innermost?
The plural of innermost is innermosts.

Words near innermost in the dictionary

  1. innerestin'
  2. inneresting
  3. Innerleithen
  4. innerly
  5. innermore
  6. innermost
  7. innermost stable circular orbit
  8. innermost stable circular orbits
  9. innermostly
  10. innermostness
  11. innermosts

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