Outside and Pen

Opposite meaning words

Outside noun - An outer part or layer.

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Pen is an antonym for outside.

Nearby Word: outsider

Pen noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.

Usage example: earned six years in a federal pen

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Outside is an antonym for pen.

Nearby Word: penholder

full	full outside	full pen
special	special outside	special pen
original	original outside	original pen
exclusive	exclusive outside	exclusive pen
Other adjectives: simple, actual, real, hard, big, worthless, blue, major.

That's all very well until Africa, an african boy, comes and stands outside his pen, watching for several days.

Source: Literature / Eye of the Wolf
The Dresden Files graphic novel Welcome To The Jungle starts with a zoo security guard being found dead outside the gorilla pen, with blood on one of the gorillas.

Source: This Bear Was Framed
He's hunched over while writing notes when his pen runs dry and he starts shaking it for the last bit of ink, which Peggy, watching him from outside at that moment, mistakes for masturbating and yells at Bobby to get out of the house.

Source: Western Animation / King of the Hill

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