COLONY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for COLONY?

Need another word that means the same as “colony”? Find 19 synonyms and 30 related words for “colony” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Colony” are: dependency, settlement, territory, possession, holding, province, dominion, protectorate, satellite, satellite state, outpost, population, community, association, commune, quarter, district, section, ghetto

Colony as a Noun

Definitions of "Colony" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “colony” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A group of organisms grown from a single parent cell.
• A place where a group of people with the same occupation or interest live together.
• A place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated.
• A group of fungi or bacteria grown from a single spore or cell on a culture medium.
• 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.
• A group of organisms of the same type living or growing together.
• A community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure.
• (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell.
• A group of people living in a colony, consisting of the original settlers and their descendants and successors.
• A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country.
• A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.
• A group of people of one nationality or race living in a foreign place.
• A housing estate or residential community, especially one originally constructed by an employer for its workers.
• One of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States.
• All the foreign countries or areas formerly under British political control.

Synonyms of "Colony" as a noun (19 Words)

association	The act of consorting with or joining with others. The host is not always injured by association with a parasite.
commune	A territorial division similar to a French commune in other countries. We all went out of Beijing by bus to spend a morning at a commune.
community	The condition of sharing or having certain attitudes and interests in common. They formed a community of scientists.
dependency	Dependence. The country s dependency on the oil industry.
district	A division of a county or region that elects its own councillors. A district health authority.
dominion	Each of the self-governing territories of the British Commonwealth. The Angevin dominions.
ghetto	Any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping. No escape from the ghetto of the typing pool.
holding	Something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone. Commercial property holdings.
outpost	An isolated or remote branch of something. The community is the last outpost of civilization in the far north.
population	The entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn. It is an estimate of the mean of the population.
possession	A territory or country controlled or governed by another. Fear took possession of my soul.
protectorate	A state or territory partly controlled by but not a possession of a stronger state but autonomous in internal affairs protectorates are established by treaty. A French protectorate had been established over Tunis.
province	A district under an archbishop or a metropolitan. I made my way home to the dreary provinces by train.
quarter	A square charge which covers the top left dexter chief quarter of the field. He dropped a word in the right quarter.
satellite	Transmitted by satellite using or relating to satellite technology. The report was sent via satellite.
satellite state	Any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star.
section	A distinct group within a larger body of people or things. This last section of the questionnaire relates solely to training.
settlement	The action of allowing or helping people to establish settlements. A boundary wall which has cracked due to settlement is to be replaced.
territory	A region marked off for administrative or other purposes. Male blackbirds try to attract as many females to their territory as possible.

Usage Examples of "Colony" as a noun

• Japanese forces overran the French colony of Indo-China.
• The American colony in Paris.
• An artists' colony.
• A large housing colony has already been built.
• The colony looked forward to fifty or more years of autonomy.
• Many poachers were exiled to the colonies.
• A colony of seals.
• A nudist colony.
• One of Jaipur's largest residential colonies.
• The British colony in New York.

Associations of "Colony" (30 Words)

african	Of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples.
american	A native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country.
autonomy	Personal independence. Economic autonomy is still a long way off for many women.
capitol	A building occupied by a state legislature.
chinese	A native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China.
colonial	A house built in colonial style. Colonial expansion.
colonize	(of a plant or animal) establish itself in (an area. The British colonized the East Coast.
country	The people who live in a nation or country. The country s largest manufacturer.
declaration	An affirmation made in place of an oath. His declaration of innocence.
dutch	Of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture.
english	The discipline that studies the English language and literature.
establish	Institute enact or establish. The two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992.
german	Germane.
immigrant	A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. She was born in New York the daughter of immigrant parents.
independence	Freedom from control or influence of another or others. They maintained close relations with England even after independence.
indian	Any of the languages spoken by Amerindians.
ireland	An island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
italian	Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its people or culture or language.
japanese	Of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language.
korean	The Altaic language spoken by Koreans.
manumission	The formal act of freeing from slavery. Manumission documents from the Slavery Chancellery.
nation	The people who live in a nation or country. The news was announced to the nation.
neocolonialism	Control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures.
oriental	Relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising Asia south of the Himalayas and Indonesia west of Wallace’s line. Distinctive animals include pandas, gibbons, tree shrews, tarsiers, and moonrats. Oriental countries.
settlement	The property given under a settlement. Inheritance tax could be due if you make a substantial gift or settlement and then die within the following seven years.
slavery	The state of being a slave. Slavery to tradition.
spaniard	A native or inhabitant of Spain.
spanish	Of or relating to or characteristic of Spain or the people of Spain.
war	A legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply. A price war.