INSULAR as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
   Synonym(s)
   • parochial (what does parochial mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • little sympathy with parocial mentality
   • insular attitudes toward foreigners
   Similar To
   • provincial (what does provincial mean?)
2. Meaning
   • suggestive of the isolated life of an island
   • so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist”- Leonard Michaels
   Usage Example(s)
   • an exceedingly insular man
   Similar To
   • private (what does private mean?)
3. Meaning
   • relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
   Usage Example(s)
   • insular territories
   • Hawaii’’s insular culture
   Pertainym(s)
   • island (what does island mean?)