Synonyms

insides

American

[in-sahydz] / ˈɪnˌsaɪdz /

plural noun

Sometimes inside the inner parts of the body, especially the stomach and intestines.

The coffee scalded my insides.

noun

the plural of inside.

Etymology

Origin of insides

First recorded in 1500–10; inside ( def. ) + -s ³ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Lining the insides will be around 500,000 Nvidia chips stuffed into dense racks requiring constant cooling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Does this mean that humans also have the potential to create sulfurous stinks from our own insides?

From Salon • May 31, 2025

Many of the windows had bars on the insides.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

Perhaps no one assumed I’d comb through the entirety of the 30-plus-page uploaded PDF—but since the doc was there, and filled with photos of my insides, I downloaded it and read it.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2025

I realized I’d have to let some of it out so I could rein the rest of it in and get control of my insides again.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

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