Outsides

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. the areas located beyond the confines of an object that are visible to the observer, including surfaces and regions not enclosed within the main structure
2. external regions and surfaces that exist outside the primary confines of an entity, often perceivable from the environment
3. The external surfaces or parts of something that are visible or accessible ; regions or spaces located beyond the main enclosed area or center

Etymology: "Outsides" is simply the plural of "outside," and it is a noun in its own right, used when speakers mean several exterior surfaces or regions at once. The parts are plain Old English: "ūt," meaning "out" or "outside," and "sīde," meaning the flank or edge of a body, which was used of a person's or animal's side before it came to mean a surface of an object. Joined together, they describe the far side of a boundary, the part that faces away from the inside. Because "out" and "side" are both ancient English words, the compound shows its meaning transparently. Its plural form works the way other nouns do: "the outsides of the house" are the exterior walls, roof, and facings that the viewer sees from the street, rather than the rooms within.

Synonyms: exteriors, outskirts, outdoors, surfaces, boundaries

Antonyms: insides, interiors, centers, hearts, cores