Home ->Dictionaries ->English/English ->Translate colonise

Synonyms for colonise in English

Summary

English Synonyms: more detail...

colonise:
- establish; settle; colonize; found; open up; ground; prospect; develop; lay the foundations; explore; scan; colonise

English

Detailed Synonyms for colonise in English

colonise:

to colonise verb, British

to colonise
to establish; to settle; to colonize; to found; to open up; to ground; to prospect; to develop; to lay the foundations; to explore; to scan; to colonise
- establish verb (establishes, established, establishing)
- settle verb (settles, settled, settling)
- colonize verb, American (colonizes, colonized, colonizing)
- found verb (founds, founded, founding)
- open up verb (opens up, opened up, opening up)
- ground verb (grounds, grounded, grounding)
- prospect verb (prospects, prospected, prospecting)
- develop verb (develops, developped, developping)
- lay the foundations verb (lays the foundations, laid the foundations, laying the foundations)
- explore verb (explores, explored, exploring)
- scan verb (scans, scanned, scanning)
- colonise verb, British
colonise

– settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) ¹
to colonize; colonise
– settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) ¹
- colonize verb, American (colonizes, colonized, colonizing)
  - The British colonized the East Coast¹
- colonise verb, British
colonise

– settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world ¹
to colonize; colonise
– settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world ¹
- colonize verb, American (colonizes, colonized, colonizing)
  - Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century¹
- colonise verb, British

Alternate Synonyms for "colonise":

colonize; annex
settle; locate

Antonyms for "colonise":

decolonise; decolonize

Related Definitions for "colonise":

settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)¹
settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University