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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. being on the outside or further from a center;
- Example: "spent hours adorning the outer man"
- Example: "the outer suburbs"

2. located outside;
- Example: "outer reality"

3. being on or toward the outside of the body;
- Example: "the outer ear"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Outer \Out"er\ (out"[~e]r), a. [Compar. of Out.] [AS. [=u]tor, compar. of [=u]t, adv., out. See Out, Utter, a.] Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world. [1913 Webster] Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Outer \Out"er\, n. (a) The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye. (b) A shot which strikes the outer of a target. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Outer \Out"er\, n. [From Out, v.] One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession. [R.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

outer adj 1: being on the outside or further from a center; "spent hours adorning the outer man"; "the outer suburbs" [ant: inner(a)] 2: located outside; "outer reality" 3: being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "outer": apparent, cortical, epidermic, exomorphic, exterior, external, extrinsic, fringe, open, out, outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward, outward-facing, peripheral, public, roundabout, seeming, superficial, surface