Definition for Insular:

• Insularity.

Synonyms for Insular:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • insular.
  •clannish (adjective)
  • cliquish,
  • restrictive,
  • unreceptive,
  • associative.
  •conventional (adjective)
  • rubest,
  • most straight-laced,
  • most doctrinal,
  • hidebound,
  • straight laced,
  • in flexible,
  • obstinate,
  • stereo-typed,
  • most straightlaced,
  • more straight-laced,
  • rube,
  • most isolationist,
  • lamest,
  • up-tight,
  • stereo typed,
  • in-flexible,
  • more straightlaced,
  • most straight laced,
  • more isolationist,
  • up tight,
  • de-mure,
  • more doctrinal,
  • de mure,
  • more straight laced.
  •parochial (adjective)
  • more inward looking,
  • most inwardlooking,
  • inwardlooking,
  • more inward-looking,
  • most inward-looking,
  • inward-looking,
  • most inward looking,
  • inward looking,
  • more inwardlooking.
  •provincial (adjective)
  • un sophisticated,
  • un informed,
  • un-informed,
  • un polished.
  •secluded (adjective)
  • blockaded,
  • Seclusive,
  • tucked away,
  • off beaten track,
  • secluse,
  • Screened,
  • off the beaten track.
  •sectarian (adjective)
  • non-conformist,
  • factional.
  •small-town (adjective)
  • smalltown.
  •thematic (adjective)
  • thematic.

• n.

  •Romance language (noun)
  • continentals,
  • frenches,
  • latins.
  •
  • cosmopolitan,
  • artistic,
  • refinement,
  • refined,
  • barbarian,
  • highbrow.
  •
  • near,
  • isolated,
  • lonesome,
  • upper,
  • obscure,
  • back,
  • lonely,
  • remote,
  • removed,
  • solitary,
  • peninsular.
  •
  • narrow,
  • limited.
  •biased (noun)
  • illiberal,
  • bigoted.
  •private (noun)
  • private.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • lock away,
  • withdrawn,
  • coastal,
  • stay-at-home,
  • artsy-fartsy,
  • reclusive,
  • retiring,
  • hermetic,
  • arty,
  • landward,
  • artsy,
  • maritime.
  •
  • onshore,
  • sophistication,
  • inland,
  • out-of-the-way,
  • sophisticated,
  • antisocial,
  • self-contained,
  • ashore,
  • outlying.
  •
  • conventional.
  •
  • withdrawal,
  • withdraw.
  •biased
  • prejudiced.
  •british
  • english.
  •provincial
  • regional.

Paraphrases for Insular:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    parochial.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    isolated, island, narrow-minded, blinkered.
  • Proper noun, singular
    island, Islands.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    island.

Antonyms for Insular:

• adj.

  • narrow-minded
    broad-minded, unbiased, unprejudiced.
  • Other antonyms:
    nonpartisan, freethinking, liberal, tolerant, objective, catholic, impartial, open-minded, public, receptive, open.

Insular Sentence Examples:

• We became more and more insular even about our continental conquests; we stood upon our island as if on an anchored ship.

• Then, when we had rubbed off our insular corners against the Great French Politeness, and perfected our grasp of the language in talk with the Agenois villagers, we proposed to drop gently into Pau, armed at all points, and scarcely distinguishable from Frenchmen.