as in isle
a fairly small area of land completely surrounded by water
the island of Hawaii is the largest in the Hawaiian archipelago
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Fighting on the island had stopped, so the soldiers in the picture were not under fire, and the action of raising the flag (there is a movie of it) took all of a few seconds.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
With Sandals Ocho Rios, Sandals Dunn’s River, and Sandals Royal Plantation, the highlight is a catamaran cruise that ends with the island’s most famous falls.
—AFAR Media, 27 Sep. 2025
Mackinac Island remains one of the jewels of the state’s tourism empire as over 1 million people visit the idyllic island each year.
—Carol Cain, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
New Zealand will witness a total solar eclipse on July 22, 2028, when the path of totality will pass directly over its southern island after passing through central Australia.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2025
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
With Sandals Ocho Rios, Sandals Dunn’s River, and Sandals Royal Plantation, the highlight is a catamaran cruise that ends with the island’s most famous falls.
—AFAR Media, 27 Sep. 2025
Mackinac Island remains one of the jewels of the state’s tourism empire as over 1 million people visit the idyllic island each year.
—Carol Cain, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
New Zealand will witness a total solar eclipse on July 22, 2028, when the path of totality will pass directly over its southern island after passing through central Australia.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for island
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Also, Bond … James Bond will be male, as written by creator Ian Fleming, and importantly, will be an actor who hails from the British isles.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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These alluring Atlantic Ocean isles offer extraordinary sightings of marine life.—
Laura Manske,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Brando, the owner of an atoll in Tahiti, where his family dwelled, had become the beggar of Hollywood, who had to feed on crumbs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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Analysts have said Beijing’s plan to categorize the shoal as a nature reserve amounts to trying to take the moral high ground in the dispute over the atoll, known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Island.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/island. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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