Inside and Outline

Opposite meaning words

Inside noun - An interior or internal part.

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Outline is an antonym for inside.

Nearby Word: insider

Outline noun - A line that traces the outer limits of an object or surface.

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Inside is an antonym for outline in topics: form, plan.

Nearby Words: outlined, outlining

human	human inside	human outline
good	good inside	good outline
nice	nice inside	nice outline
similar	similar inside	similar outline
Other adjectives: popular, entire, blue, white, fuzzy.

There's another one like this, showing the outline of Kong, with a bunch of smaller outlines of people inside it.

Source: Chalk Outline
We can see the outline of Guybrush standing inside the snake, and he's able to pick up things that the snake has also swallowed.

Source: Dinner Deformation
Butthead had been pressing Beavis's Berserk Button during the whole episode and after a fight, ends up lying exactly inside the outline as Beavis stands over him with the murder weapon.

Source: Chalk Outline

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