INSULAR Synonyms

• of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows

• providing privacy or seclusion

• used of buildings; standing apart from others

• showing lack of emotional involvement

• being or feeling set or kept apart from others

• no longer connected or joined

• lacking affection or warm feeling

• not fixed in position

• characterized by ascetic solitude

• given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences

• not close together in time

• being or feeling set or kept apart from others

• marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements

• cut off or left behind

• under forced isolation especially for health reasons

• remote and separate physically or socially

• capable of being shocked

• lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view

• rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines

• of or associated with a province

• characteristic of the provinces or their people

• (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order

• a country person

• withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

• providing privacy or seclusion

• far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship

• a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance

• located far away spatially

• unlikely to occur

• separate or apart in time

• inaccessible and sparsely populated

• hidden from general view or use

• providing privacy or seclusion

• confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners

• one who lives in solitude

• characterized by or preferring solitude

• of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies

• lacking companions or companionship

• being the only one; single and isolated from others

• devoid of creatures

• withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

• tending to reserve or introspection