islander — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person who lives on an island.

   Synonyms

   insular

   Related words

   Aleutian IslanderAscension IslanderBlock IslanderBritish Virgin IslanderCanary IslanderCayman IslanderChannel IslanderChristmas IslanderCocos IslanderCook IslanderEaster IslanderFaeroe IslanderFalkland IslanderFaroe IslanderisleKeeling IslanderLeeward IslanderLine IslanderLong IslanderMarshall IslanderMidway IslanderNorfolk IslanderNorthern Mariana IslanderNorth Islanderoff-islanderPacific IslanderPig IslanderPitcairn IslanderPrince Edward IslanderRhode IslanderSandwich IslanderScilly IslanderSociety IslanderSolomon IslanderSouth IslanderStaten IslanderTorres Strait IslanderTreasury IslanderTrobriand IslanderTurks and Caicos IslanderUS Virgin IslanderVancouver IslanderVirgin IslanderWake IslanderWallis and Futuna IslanderWestman IslanderWindward Islander

   Narrower terms

   islandmanislandwoman

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   Susan happily introducing speaker Steve Smith, Channel Eleven’s newzanchor, ya’know, and an islandophile from wayyy back – and as of this writing, a newly retired islander and fisherman.

   The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination.

Noun

1. an inhabitant of an island

   Synonyms

   island-dweller

   Broader terms

   inhabitanthabitantdwellerdenizenindweller