island
English Thesaurus
1. a zone or area resembling an island (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | zone, |
| definition | : | a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | kitchen island, |
| definition | : | an unattached counter in a kitchen that permits access from all sides (noun.artifact) |
2. a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water (noun.object)
| hyponym | : | caribbean island, |
| definition | : | an island in the Caribbean Sea (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | aegean island, |
| definition | : | an island in the Aegean Sea (noun.location) |
| hyponym | : | barrier island, |
| definition | : | a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore (noun.object) |
| hyponym | : | south sea islands, |
| definition | : | any islands in the southern or southwestern of central parts of the Pacific Ocean (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | anguilla, |
| definition | : | a British colony in the West Indies (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | aran islands, |
| definition | : | three small islands belonging to Ireland at the entrance to Galway Bay (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | antigua, |
| definition | : | the largest of the islands comprising Antigua and Barbuda (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | barbuda, |
| definition | : | an island in Antigua and Barbuda (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | redonda, |
| definition | : | an island in Antigua and Barbuda (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bermuda, bermudas, |
| definition | : | a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bouvet island, |
| definition | : | an island belonging to Norway in the South Atlantic near the Antarctic Circle (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | montserrat, |
| definition | : | a volcanic island in the Caribbean; in the West Indies (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | sao tiago island, |
| definition | : | largest of the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | falkland islands, |
| definition | : | a group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British Crown Colony (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | ceylon, |
| definition | : | an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | chiloe, |
| definition | : | the largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled; located off south-central Chile (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | formosa, taiwan, |
| definition | : | an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | china, nationalist china, republic of china, taiwan, |
| definition | : | a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | guadalupe island, |
| definition | : | a Mexican island in the Pacific to the west of Baja California (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | netherlands antilles, |
| definition | : | a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | aruba, |
| definition | : | a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bonaire, |
| definition | : | a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | curacao, |
| definition | : | a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | saba, |
| definition | : | a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cuba, |
| definition | : | the largest island in the West Indies (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | guadeloupe, |
| definition | : | an island territory of France located in the eastern West Indies; tourism is the major industry (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | porto rico, puerto rico, |
| definition | : | the smallest and easternmost of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | culebra, |
| definition | : | a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico with miles of beautiful beaches (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | vieques, |
| definition | : | a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico used for target practice by the United States Navy (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | jamaica, |
| definition | : | an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | virgin islands, |
| definition | : | a group of islands in northeastern West Indies (east of Puerto Rico) discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493; owned by United States and Britain (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | barbados, |
| definition | : | easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | trinidad, |
| definition | : | an island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | tobago, |
| definition | : | island in West Indies (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cyprus, |
| definition | : | an island in the eastern Mediterranean (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | seeland, sjaelland, zealand, |
| definition | : | the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | dominica, |
| definition | : | a volcanic island in the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bioko, |
| definition | : | an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Equatorial Guinea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | spitsbergen, spitzbergen, |
| definition | : | islands in the Svalbard archipelago to the east of northern Greenland; belonging to Norway (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | galapagos, galapagos islands, |
| definition | : | a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | fiji islands, fijis, |
| definition | : | a group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coral (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | viti levu, |
| definition | : | a volcanic island in the Fijis (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | vanua levu, |
| definition | : | a volcanic island in the Fijis (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | crete, kriti, |
| definition | : | the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | ithaca, ithaki, |
| definition | : | a Greek island to the west of Greece; in Homeric legend Odysseus was its king (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | lemnos, limnos, |
| definition | : | a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | capri, |
| definition | : | an island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful scenery (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | ischia, |
| definition | : | a volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | sardegna, sardinia, |
| definition | : | an island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | sicilia, sicily, |
| definition | : | the largest island in the Mediterranean (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | greenland, gronland, kalaallit nunaat, |
| definition | : | the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | baffin island, |
| definition | : | the 5th largest island and the largest island of Arctic Canada; lies between Greenland and Hudson Bay (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | vancouver island, |
| definition | : | an island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia); the largest island off the west coast of North America (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | newfoundland, |
| definition | : | an island in the north Atlantic (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cape breton island, |
| definition | : | an island that forms the northeastern part of Nova Scotia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | tasmania, |
| definition | : | an island off the southeastern coast of Australia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | norfolk island, |
| definition | : | an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal colony (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | saipan, |
| definition | : | the largest island in the Northern Marianas and the administrative center of the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in union with the United States (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | gu, guam, |
| definition | : | the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898 (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | wake, wake island, |
| definition | : | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | nauru, nauru island, pleasant island, |
| definition | : | a small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | borneo, kalimantan, |
| definition | : | 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bougainville, |
| definition | : | the largest of the Solomon Islands; a province of Papua New Guinea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | guadalcanal, |
| definition | : | a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | new britain, |
| definition | : | the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago; part of Papua New Guinea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | new caledonia, |
| definition | : | an island to the to the east of Australia and to the north of New Zealand (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | new guinea, |
| definition | : | a Pacific island to the north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; the western part is governed by Indonesia and the eastern part is Papua New Guinea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | new ireland, |
| definition | : | an island in the Bismarck Archipelago; part of Papua New Guinea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | british isles, |
| definition | : | Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | gb, great britain, |
| definition | : | an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | emerald isle, hibernia, ireland, |
| definition | : | an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | channel island, |
| definition | : | any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | isle of man, man, |
| definition | : | one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | isle of skye, |
| definition | : | an island of northwestern Scotland noted for its rugged mountain scenery (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | islay, |
| definition | : | an island of western Scotland at the southern end of the Inner Hebrides (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | mull, |
| definition | : | an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | staffa, |
| definition | : | an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides to the west of Mull; site of Fingal's Cave (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | java, |
| definition | : | an island in Indonesia to the south of Borneo; one of the world's most densely populated regions (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bali, |
| definition | : | an island in Indonesia to the east of Java; striking volcanic scenery; culture is known for elaborate dances and rituals and for handicrafts (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | timor, |
| definition | : | an island in Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago; the largest and most eastern of the Lesser Sunda Islands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | sumatra, |
| definition | : | a mountainous island in western Indonesia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | celebes, sulawesi, |
| definition | : | a mountainous island in eastern Indonesia (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | moluccas, spice islands, |
| definition | : | a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | ezo, hokkaido, yezo, |
| definition | : | the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | hondo, honshu, |
| definition | : | the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | kyushu, |
| definition | : | the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | shikoku, |
| definition | : | the smallest of the four main islands of Japan; to the south of Honshu and to the east of Kyushu; separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea; forested and mountainous (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | okinawa, |
| definition | : | the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | iwo jima, |
| definition | : | the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | ile-st-louis, |
| definition | : | island in Paris on the Seine (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | corse, corsica, |
| definition | : | an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | martinique, |
| definition | : | an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | iceland, |
| definition | : | a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | madagascar, |
| definition | : | an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | maldive islands, maldives, |
| definition | : | a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | malta, |
| definition | : | a strategically located island to the south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | mauritius, |
| definition | : | an island in the southwestern Indian Ocean (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | new zealand, new zealand islands, |
| definition | : | North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | north island, |
| definition | : | the smaller but more populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from South Island by Cook Strait (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | south island, |
| definition | : | the larger but less populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from North Island by Cook Strait (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | cebu, |
| definition | : | one of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | luzon, |
| definition | : | the main island of the Philippines (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | mindanao, |
| definition | : | the second largest island of the Philippines at the southern end of the archipelago; mountainous and volcanic (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | mindoro, |
| definition | : | a mountainous island in the central Philippines (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bisayas, visayan islands, |
| definition | : | group of islands in the central Philippines (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | acores, azores, |
| definition | : | islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | madeira, |
| definition | : | an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | nevis, |
| definition | : | one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | sombrero, |
| definition | : | one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | saint lucia, st. lucia, |
| definition | : | a volcanic island in the Windward Isles to the south of Martinique (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | saint vincent, st. vincent, |
| definition | : | an island in the center of the Windward Islands; the largest of the islands comprising Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | tahiti, |
| definition | : | an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | samoa, samoan islands, |
| definition | : | a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific midway between Hawaii and Australia; its climate and scenery and Polynesian culture make it a popular tourist stop (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | principe, |
| definition | : | an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | seychelles, seychelles islands, |
| definition | : | a group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | nova zembla, novaya zemlya, |
| definition | : | two islands in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia; site of a test center for nuclear warheads (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | majorca, |
| definition | : | the largest of the Balearic Islands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | canaries, canary islands, |
| definition | : | a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | tenerife, |
| definition | : | a Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | zanzibar, |
| definition | : | an island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa; part of the United Republic of Tanzania (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | admiralty island, |
| definition | : | an Alaskan island in the Alexander Archipelago near Juneau (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | catalina island, santa catalina, |
| definition | : | an island resort in the Pacific off the southwestern coast of California (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | hawaii, hawaii island, |
| definition | : | the largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands; has several volcanic peaks (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | kauai, kauai island, |
| definition | : | an island of Hawaii to the northwest of Oahu (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | lanai, lanai island, |
| definition | : | an island of central Hawaii; a pineapple-growing area (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | maui, maui island, |
| definition | : | the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | molokai, molokai island, |
| definition | : | an island of central Hawaii (between Maui and Oahu) (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | nihau, nihau island, |
| definition | : | the most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai) (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | oahu, oahu island, |
| definition | : | an island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | martha's vineyard, |
| definition | : | an island summer resort off of Cape Cod (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | nantucket, |
| definition | : | an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | bedloe's island, liberty island, |
| definition | : | an island in New York Bay to the southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty stands (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | manhattan island, |
| definition | : | an island at the north end of New York Bay where the borough of Manhattan is located (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | ellis island, |
| definition | : | an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | long island, |
| definition | : | an island in southeastern New York; Brooklyn and Queens are on its western end (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | galveston island, |
| definition | : | an island at the entrance of Galveston Bay (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | krakatao, krakatau, krakatoa, |
| definition | : | a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | new siberian islands, |
| definition | : | a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean to the north of Siberia and to the east of the Laptev Sea (noun.location) |
| instance hyponym | : | isle, islet, |
| definition | : | a small island (noun.object) |
| instance hyponym | : | kodiak, kodiak island, |
| definition | : | an island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska; site of the first European settlement in the area which was founded by the Russians in 1784 (noun.object) |
| member meronym | : | archipelago, |
| definition | : | a group of many islands in a large body of water (noun.object) |
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