Synonyms for colony
ˈkɒl ə nicolony

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1. colony, settlementnoun

   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

   "the American colony in Paris"

   Synonyms:
   village, colonization, dependency, settlement, small town, resolution, liquidation, colonisation, closure

2. colonynoun

   a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

   Synonyms:
   dependency, settlement

3. Colonynoun

   one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

   Synonyms:
   dependency, settlement

4. colonynoun

   a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

   "a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony"

   Synonyms:
   dependency, settlement

5. colony, dependencynoun

   a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

   Synonyms:
   dependence, dependance, habituation, dependency, settlement, addiction

6. colonynoun

   (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

   Synonyms:
   dependency, settlement

Matched Categories

1. • United States
   • Animal Group
   • Biological Group
   • Body
   • Geographical Area
   • Microbiology
   • Place

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. colonynoun

   Synonyms:
   settlement, dependency

   Associated words:
   colonial, colonist, planter, colonize, colonization, colonizationist

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1. List of paraphrases for "colony":

   colonies, cologne, colonial, settlement, settlements

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How to use colony in a sentence?

1. Child Age 13:

   I bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.

2. Nefeli Dimou:

   I believe such a result can be used as a strong negotiating tool so that Europeans can understand that we are not a colony.

3. James Horn:

   They saw some of the most challenging times for Virginia's history and helped save the colony and ultimately helped save English America.

4. James Delgado:

   If this wreck is as old as we think it is, it comes at a time when America is between a colony and a republic, it's an exciting period where America is really opening as an independent nation to the rest of the world.

5. Saskya Pandita:

   When many work together for a goal, Great things may be accomplished. It is said a lion cub was killed By a single colony of ants.