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outdoors

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of outdoors

in or into the open air
  • I can't wait to get outdoors and into the sunshine.
Synonyms of outdoors

alfresco, out, outside
Words Related to outdoors

without
Near Antonyms of outdoors

in, inside, within
Antonyms of outdoors

indoors

outdoors

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of outdoors

that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation
  • Our family loves to hike and camp in the great outdoors.
Synonyms of outdoors

nature, open, open air, out-of-doors, wild, wilderness
Words Related to outdoors

backwoods, bush, country, frontier, hinterland, sticks, up-country

outside, without

badland, barren, desert, waste, wasteland

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