Synonyms for insular
ˈɪn sə lər, ˈɪns yə-in·su·lar

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1. insularadjective

   relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island

   "insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"

   Synonyms:
   parochial

   Antonyms:
   public, cosmopolitan

2. insularadjective

   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"- Leonard Michaels

   Synonyms:
   parochial

   Antonyms:
   cosmopolitan, public

3. insular, parochialadjective

   narrowly restricted in outlook or scope

   "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"

   Synonyms:
   parochial

   Antonyms:
   public, cosmopolitan

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1. insularadjective

   Synonyms:
   surrounded by water

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1. List of paraphrases for "insular":

   island, islands

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1. Missy Krasner:

   The view is that health is very insular and regulated.

2. Daniel Loeb:

   Nestle's insular, complacent, and bureaucratic organization is overly complex, lethargic, and misses too many trends.

3. Mike Pence:

   It represents a very bad move in public policy, it opens up from a legal standpoint... a Pandora's Box of legal rights and legal difficulties once you identify homosexuals as a discrete and insular minority.

4. Earl Ofari Hutchinson:

   Farrakhan had long since slipped from the national dialogue over race, racism, and civil rights issues, not to mention action on these issues, the CBC and other civil rights organizations have long been critical of what they see as his insular, narrow, racially inflammatory remarks and approach to the racial issue.

5. Sonia Chopra:

   I think Vox Media is an industry that can be very insular, dawn — somebody who was such a leader and such a powerhouse in publishing — is coming to the industry really with clear eyes, with no preconceived notions about how a magazine should be billed or what a front of book is. I think it's going to be so refreshing.