insular
insular is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices. The penury of insular conversation. Johnson.
- 2.An islander. [R.] Berkeley.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abstract
- ace
- ait
- alone
- and
- apart
- archipelagic
- archipelago
- atoll
- atomic
- azygous
- beat
- breaker
- but
- combine
- compact
- desolate
- dine
- disjoin
- disjunction
- dreary
- else
- eyot
- first
- fort
- half
- indiscerptible
- individual
- individuality
- indivisible
- insecable
- inseverable
- irresolvable
- island
- islander
- isle
- islet
- isolate
- isolated
- isolation
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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