Meanings
plural insulators
- A person who installs insulation.
Alan Vasen worked as an insulator at this site from September 1968 through mid-April 1969. Mr. Vasen installed thousands of lineal feet of asbestos pipe covering and thousands of square feet of asbestos block insulation throughout the operating units of the Benicia refinery.
2007, Kenneth S. Cohen, Expert Witnessing and Scientific Testimony: Surviving in the Courtroom
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).
More synonyms by meaning
nouna material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan aïllant, aïllant
- aïllantsubstance
- aïllantstructure
Chinese Mandarin 絕緣體 /绝缘体, 絕緣子 /绝缘子
- 絕緣體 /绝缘体 (juéyuántǐ)substance
- 絕緣子 /绝缘子 (juéyuánzǐ)substance
- 絕緣體 /绝缘体 (juéyuántǐ)structure
- 絕緣子 /绝缘子 (juéyuánzǐ)structure
Czech izolant, izolátor
- izolantsubstance
- izolátorsubstance
- nevodičsubstance
- izolátorstructure
- izolatérperson
Danish isolator
- isolatorstructure
Dutch isolator, isolatiemateriaal
- isolatorsubstance
- isolatiemateriaalsubstance
- isolatiestructure
Finnish eriste, eristys
- eristesubstance
- eristysstructure
- eristinstructure
French isolateur
- isolateursubstance
German Isolator, Nichtleiter
- Isolatorsubstance
- Nichtleitersubstance
Greek μονωτής
- μονωτής (monotís)substance
Hungarian szigetelőanyag, szigetelés
- szigetelőanyagsubstance
- szigetelésstructure
Icelandic einangrari, einangri
- einangrarisubstance
- einangrisubstance
- einangursubstance
Indonesian isolator
- isolatorsubstance
Italian isolante
- isolantesubstance
Malay penebat
- penebatsubstance
Māori ārai, ārai hiko
- āraisubstance
- ārai hikosubstance
- ārai werasubstance
- ārai mataosubstance
- ārai parawhitisubstance
- āraistructure
Norwegian Bokmål isolator, isolator
- isolatorsubstance
- isolatorstructure
Polish izolator, izolator
- izolatorsubstance
- izolatorstructure
Portuguese isolante
- isolantesubstance
Romanian izolator, material de izolare
- izolatorsubstance
- material de izolaresubstance
Russian изоля́тор, изоля́тор
- изоля́тор (izoljátor)substance
- изоля́тор (izoljátor)structure
Spanish aislante
- aislantesubstance
Swedish isolering, isolator
- isoleringsubstance
- isolatorstructure
Tagalog pambukod
- pambukodsubstance
Thai ฉนวน
- ฉนวน (chànŭan)substance
Turkish yalıtkan
- yalıtkansubstance
Vietnamese chất cách điện
- chất cách điệnsubstance
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Cite this entry
insulator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insulator
“insulator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insulator. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insulator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insulator.
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