external

external is a 8-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body.
2. adjective. Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.
3. adjective. Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.
4. adjective. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
5. adjective. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.
6. adjective. Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
7. noun. Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural.
8. noun. outward features

   "he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion"

9. adjective. happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface

   "the external auditory canal"

   "external pressures"

10. adjective. purely outward or superficial- A.R.Gurney,Jr.

    "external composure"

    "an external concern for reputation"

11. adjective. from or between other countries

    "external commerce"

    "international trade"

    Synonyms: international, outside

12. adjective. coming from the outside

    "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"

    "relying upon an extraneous income"

    Synonyms: extraneous, outside

Synonyms

international, outside, extraneous

Common word forms

externals, externally, externalise, externality, externalize, externalness

Words from these letters

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