inward

adjectives

relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts

"a concern with inward reflections"

inward

is derived from

inwardness

is derived from

inwardness

antonym

outward

is similar to

existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle

"an indwelling divinity"; "an indwelling goodness"

indwelling

is similar to

being deepest within the self

"one's innermost feelings"

inmost, innermost

is similar to

located inward

"Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.

inner, interior, internal

is similar to

not expressed

"secret (or private) thoughts"

private, secret

is similar to

as if whispered to yourself

self-whispered

is an attribute of

preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)

"Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch

internality, inwardness