colonise

English Thesaurus

1. settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) (verb.change)

hypernym	:	locate, settle,
definition	:	take up residence and become established (verb.change)

2. settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world (verb.social)

hypernym	:	annex,
definition	:	take (territory) as if by conquest (verb.possession)

3. settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) (verb.change)

derivation	:	colonisation, colonization, settlement,
definition	:	the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies (noun.act)

derivation	:	colony, settlement,
definition	:	a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government (noun.group)

4. settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world (verb.social)

antonym	:	decolonise, decolonize,
definition	:	grant independence to (a former colony) (verb.social)

derivation	:	colonisation, colonization, settlement,
definition	:	the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies (noun.act)

derivation	:	colony, settlement,
definition	:	a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government (noun.group)

derivation	:	coloniser, colonizer,
definition	:	someone who helps to found a colony (noun.person)

5. settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) (verb.change)

derivation	:	colonisation, colonization, settlement,
definition	:	the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies (noun.act)

derivation	:	colony, settlement,
definition	:	a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government (noun.group)

6. settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world (verb.social)

antonym	:	decolonise, decolonize,
definition	:	grant independence to (a former colony) (verb.social)

derivation	:	colonisation, colonization, settlement,
definition	:	the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies (noun.act)

derivation	:	colony, settlement,
definition	:	a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government (noun.group)

derivation	:	coloniser, colonizer,
definition	:	someone who helps to found a colony (noun.person)