colonize

Verbs

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

Synonyms

colonise

Antonyms

decolonise decolonize

Words of close approximity

colonic
colonial colonise colonist
colonized colonizer