vverb.socialsettle as a colony; of countries in the developing worldSynset:colonise colonize
Examples:- Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century
Antonyms:decolonizedecolonise
Derivationally Related Form:colonizercolonycolonisationcolonizationcoloniser
Hypernyms:annex
Inherited Hypernyms:colonizeannexassumetake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changesettle as colonists or establish a colony (in)Synset:colonise colonize
Examples:- The British colonized the East Coast
Derivationally Related Form:colonisationcolonizationcolony
Hypernyms:locate settle
Inherited Hypernyms:colonizesettle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allinhabited by colonistsSynset:colonized settled
Antonyms:uninhabited
Inherited Hypernyms:colonized
Similar to:inhabited