colonize
verb
1 colonize
Settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world:
— Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century.
synonym: colonise.
Roget 184:
place,
situate,
locate,
localize,
make a place for,
put,
lay,
set,
seat,
station,
lodge,
quarter,
post,
install;
house,
stow;
establish,
fix,
pin,
root;
graft;
plant
etc.
(insert)
300;
shelve,
pitch,
camp,
lay down,
deposit,
reposit†;
cradle;
moor,
tether,
picket;
pack,
tuck in;
embed,
imbed;
vest,
invest in.
billet on,
quarter upon,
saddle with;
load,
lade,
freight;
pocket,
put up,
bag.
inhabit
etc.
(be present)
186;
domesticate,
colonize;
take root,
strike root;
anchor;
cast anchor,
come to an anchor;
sit down,
settle down;
settle;
take up one's abode,
take up one's quarters;
plant oneself,
establish oneself,
locate oneself;
squat,
perch,
hive,
se nicher [Fr.],
bivouac,
burrow,
get a footing;
encamp,
pitch one's tent;
put up at,
put up one's horses at;
keep house.
endenizen†,
naturalize,
adopt.
put back,
replace
etc.
(restore)
660.
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2 colonize
Settle as colonists or establish a colony (in):
— The British colonized the East Coast.
synonym: colonise.
Moby thesaurus: adopt, anchor, appropriate, arrogate, assume, billet at, bivouac, burrow, camp, come to anchor, conquer, denizen, domesticate, drop anchor, empeople, ensconce, enslave, establish residence, hive, hog, indent, inhabit, jump a claim, keep house, live at, locate, make free with, make use of, monopolize, moor, move, nest, occupy, overrun, park, people, perch, plant, populate, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, relocate, requisition, reside, roost, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, settle in, sit down, sit on, squat, squat on, stand, stay at, strike root, subjugate, take all of, take it all, take over, take possession of, take residence at, take root, take up, take up residence, usurp ... show more.
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