Synonyms for settlement
Most common
agreement arrangement reconciliation compromise resolution closure
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Agreement — A resolution of a dispute
agreement, arrangement, reconciliation, compromise, accommodation, adjustment, disposition, composition
2. Resolution
Definitions
- n. 1
A resolution of a dispute.
- n. 2
The act of settling.
Related words
- Word family
- settler
- Phrases
- settlement currency life settlement phantom settlement viatical settlement
Forms
- Plural
- settlements → agreements, arrangements, reconciliations, compromises…
Example sentences
- agreement I'm in complete agreement with everything he said.
- compromise Use your negotiation skills to reach a compromise.
- reconciliation She was hostile to any attempt at reconciliation.
- village The whole village was laid flat by the earthquake.
- payment Please use the information below for your payment.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| settlement | falling | |
| agreement | falling | |
| compromise | steady | |
| reconciliation | rising | |
| village | steady | |
| payment | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- colony3
- 7 letters
- village2, payment2, closure2
- 8 letters
- decision3
- 9 letters
- agreement3, discharge2
- 10 letters
- foundation3, resolution4, compromise3, adjustment3
- 11 letters
- composition4, arrangement3, disposition4, liquidation4
- 12 letters
- installation4, confirmation4, colonization5, colonisation
- 13 letters
- establishment4, accommodation5
- 14 letters
- reconciliation6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (colony3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- peuplement
- Español
- asentamiento