outer

Meanings

Adjective

• Outside; external.
• Farther from the centre of the inside.

Noun

• An outer part.
• An uncovered section of the seating at a stadium or sportsground.
• The 4th circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
• A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
• The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.
• Someone who admits to something publicly.
• Someone who outs another.
• One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
• An ouster; dispossession.
• One who supports leaving the European Union.

Related

Similar words

• Brexiter

Opposite words

• inner

Origin

• From Middle English outre, outer, outter, uttre, from Old English ūtre, ūtera, ūterra, equivalent to out + -er. Compare German äußere, Danish ydre, Swedish yttre, Icelandic ytri.
• out + -er