colonise

Verbs

  • (v) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world
    • Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century
    colonize,
  • (v) settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
    • The British colonized the East Coast
    colonize,

Synonyms

colonize

Antonyms

decolonise decolonize

Words of close approximity

colonist
colonic
colonial colonist colonize
colonised coloniser