inner in WordNet English dictionary

1. located or occurring within or closer to a center
   "an inner room"
   inner 
   
2. exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
   "inner regions of the organization"; "inner circles of government"
   inner 
   
3. inside or closer to the inside of the body
   "the inner ear"
   inner 
   
4. innermost or essential
   "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter"
   inner  internal  intimate 
   
5. located inward
   "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
   inner  interior  internal 
   
6. confined to an exclusive group
   "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information"
   inside  inner  privileged