Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

introvert

/ˈɪn.tɹə.vɝt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.91 in modern English

Syllables: in-tro-vert
IPA: /ˈɪn.tɹə.vɝt/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organ or other body part that is or can be turned inside out, especially an anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction.

noun

An introverted person: one who is considered more thoughtful than social, with a personality more inwardly than outwardly directed; one who often prefers to have time in non-social situations.

noun

A reserved person.

adj

Alternative form of introverted.

verb

To turn inwards.

verb

To turn inwards.

Example Sentences

"Important distinctions which obtain amongst the various ‘introverts’ or intro- and e-versible tubes so frequently met with in animal bodies."
"Peanut worms (phylum Sipunculida) are drab-colored bottom dwellers, most of which are less then four inches long. Their body is divided into two sections: the trunk and the introvert. The introvert, the narrow neck-like anterior section, is used as a probe."
"When a peanut worm feeds, it extends and waves its introvert so that the mouth at the tip wanders across the seabed."
"The introvert is everted by hydraulic pressure exerted by contraction of body muscles on the coelomic fluid."
"An Extravert can hardly conceive the necessity which compels the Introvert to conquer the world by means of a system."
"In order to understand the marked contract between Comte's mental attitude during his early years and that of his later life, we must keep in mind Jung's hypothesis of the two psychological types, the introvert and extrovert,—the thinking type and the feeling type."

Etymology

From New Latin intrōvertere, from intro- (“within”) and vertere (“to turn”). Popularized as a psychological term by the German works of Carl Jung. By surface analysis, intro- + -vert.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *wert-, introvertere, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɪn.tɹə.vɝt/
British English: /ˈɪn.tɹə.vɜːt/

Inflected Forms

introverts (plural) more introvert (comparative) most introvert (superlative) introverts (present, singular) introverting (participle, present) introverted (participle, past) introverted (past)

Derived Forms

introvertly introvertness introverse introversible introversion introversive introverted introverting introvertish introvertive

Frequently Paired Words

ambivert otrovert

Synonyms

invaginate

Antonyms

extrovert extravert

Rhymes With

hurt shirt expert concert desert alert red alert dirt convert insert skirt kurt

Questions

How do you pronounce introvert?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪn.tɹə.vɝt/.
What does introvert mean?: An organ or other body part that is or can be turned inside out, especially an anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction.
Where does introvert come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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