Synonyms for insular

Adjective

1. insular
usage: relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island; "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"
2. insular, private (vs. public)
usage: suggestive of the isolated life of an island; "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
3. insular, parochial, provincial (vs. cosmopolitan)
usage: narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parocial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
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