insular

Meanings

Plural: insulars

Adjective

relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
- "insular territories"
- "Hawaii's insular culture"

Adjective Satellite

suggestive of the isolated life of an island; - Leonard Michaels
- "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"
narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
- "insular attitudes toward foreigners"

Adj

Of or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.
Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little regard for others opinions or prejudices; provincial.
Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.
Relating to the insula in the brain.
Relating to insulin.
(often with a capital letter) Relating to the varieties of a language or languages spoken chiefly on islands. Insular Latin, Latin as it was spoken in Britain and Ireland. Insular Celtic, the Celtic languages of Britain, Ireland and also Brittany, as opposed to those spoken in mainland Europe other than Brittany. Insular Scandinavian, relating to the Icelandic and Faroese languages as opposed to the ones spoken in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

Noun

An islander.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin insularis (“of or belonging to an island”), from insula (“an island”), perhaps, from in (“in”) + salum (“the main sea”).

Synonyms

parochial

Scrabble Score: 7

insular is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
insular is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
insular is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

insular is a valid Words With Friends word