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indoors

adverb B1 Neutral

Meaning

Indoors means inside a building or structure, not outside.
💡 A common mistake is to confuse "indoors" with "inside," but "indoors" specifically refers to being within a building.

Example Sentences

Do you prefer to stay indoors when it is raining ?
We decided to stay indoors because it started to rain .
We decided to stay indoors because it was raining outside .

Word in Context

It began to rain in the afternoon , so we moved indoors to finish our picnic . We spread a blanket on the living room floor and opened the food boxes . The children started a quiet game while the adults talked about plans for the weekend . After an hour the sun came back and we decided to go outside again .

Common Phrases

stay indoors play indoors work indoors

Synonyms

Antonyms

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