All clannish synonyms
clan·nish
C c adjective clannish
- cliquey — If you describe a group of people or their behaviour as cliquey, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- aloof — Someone who is aloof is not very friendly and does not like to spend time with other people.
- non-exclusion — an act or instance of excluding.
- parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- unsociable — not sociable; having, showing, or marked by a disinclination to friendly social relations; withdrawn.
- select — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
adj clannish
- akin — If one thing is akin to another, it is similar to it in some way.
- alike — If two or more things are alike, they are similar in some way.
- close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- insular — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
- like — in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.
- narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- related — associated; connected.
- reserved — kept in reserve; forming a reserve: a reserve fund; a reserve supply.
- restrictive — tending or serving to restrict.
- sectarian — of or relating to sectaries or sects.
- unfriendly — not amicable; not friendly or kindly in disposition; unsympathetic; aloof: an unfriendly coldness of manner.
- associative — Associative thoughts are things that you think of because you see, hear, or think of something that reminds you of those things or which you associate with those things.
- cliquish — If you describe a group of people or their behavior as cliquish, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- unreceptive — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.