Synonyms for colonization
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The process of establishing a colony.
Related words
- Word family
- colonial colonialist colonialistic colonist colony
- Other spellings
- colonisation UK
Forms
- Plural
- colonizations → settlements, domestications…
Example sentences
- settlement Layla reached an Aboriginal settlement in safety.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| colonization | rising | |
| settlement | falling | |
| domestication | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 10 letters
- settlement3
- 13 letters
- domestication5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (settlement3 = 3 syllables).