insular
adjective
1. relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
- insular territories
- Hawaii's insular culture
2. 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
Similar word(s): private
3. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
- insular attitudes toward foreigners
Similar word(s): provincial, parochial
noun
1. An islander.