insular
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
insular territories
Related & opposite
- insulation derivation
- island pertains to
Sense 2 adjective
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
Related & opposite
- insulation derivation
- private similar to
Sense 3 adjective
narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
little sympathy with parochial mentality
Related & opposite
- provincial similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | insulation |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | island |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | insulation |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | private |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | provincial |