-adj. 2. temporary, provisional, substitutive, substitutional, substitutionary; improvised, makeshift, stopgap, emergency, interior, adj. 1. inside, internal, on the inside, in the inside; inward, further toward the center.
2. inner, inmost, innermost, Scot., Irish, benmost; private, privy, nonpublic, intimate, personal, confidential; restricted, reserved, privileged; secret, esoteric, veiled, hidden.
3. innate, intrinsic, indwelling, immanent, intimate, inherent, indigenous; ingrained, engrained, inwrought, en wrought.
4. instinctive, intuitive, impulsive, involuntary, spontaneous, SI. gut; intense, heartfelt, moving, stirring, overpowering; intestinal, visceral, abdominal, splanchnic; gastric, stomachic, stomachal, stomachical, Anat. celiac, ventral, ventricular.
5. inland, landlocked, non-coastal, non-border.
6. domestic, civil, civic, local.
7. mental, spiritual, psychic, psychological; nonphysical, metaphysical.
-n. 8. the inside, inside part, inner part, inner space, inner side, inner surface, internal part.
9. pith, substance, gist, crux, core, heart, marrow, meat, essence, quintessence; center, middle, nucleus; basis, base, foundation, constitution.
10. depths, hold, womb, recesses, penetralia; abyss, chasm, cavity, gulf.
11. vital organ, body organ; intestines, intestinal cavity, colon, colonic cavity, Inf. innards; abdomen, belly, stomach, Inf. tummy, SI. breadbasket, Scot. and North Eng. wame.
12. inner life, nonphysical self, soul, spirit, psyche.
13. midland, hinterland, upcountry; backwoods, U.S. Inf. the sticks. interject, v. interpolate, interpose, intercalate, introduce, insert, inject, put in; instill, infuse, insinuate, inculcate; infix, implant, imbed, ingrain; mix in, intermix, intermingle, interlard, intersperse, sprinkle or scatter throughout; (all of words, phrases, etc.) parenthesize, interline, interlineate, margin, add in, write in. interjection, n. 1. interpolation, interposition, intercalation, introduction, insertion, injection; instillment, instillation, infusion, inculcation, infixion, implantation, imbedding, ingraining; intermixture, intermingling, interlarding, interspersion, Esp. Brit, inter-spersal; (all of words, phrases, etc.) parenthesizing, interlining, interlineation, margining, adding in, writing in.
2. exclamation, ejaculation; utterance, remark, statement, Gram, parenthesis, Gram, appositive. interlace, v. 1. crisscross, zigzag, weave, lace; interweave, intermingle, combine, interlink, interlock, fit together; intertwist, twist together, entwist, entwine, braid, plait, pleat, fold across; intertwine, entangle, enmesh, ensnarl, ensnare; mat, tie, knot.