Synonyms for settlement
ˈsɛt l mənt

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. colony, settlement(noun)

   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, small town, resolution, liquidation, colonisation, closure, colony

2. village, small town, settlement(noun)

   a community of people smaller than a town

   Synonyms:
   village, colonization, closure, small town, resolution, liquidation, colonisation, hamlet, colony

3. settlement(noun)

   a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

   Synonyms:
   village, colonization, closure, colonisation, small town, resolution, liquidation, colony

4. colonization, colonisation, settlement(noun)

   the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

   "the British colonization of America"

   Synonyms:
   village, colonization, closure, small town, resolution, liquidation, colonisation, colony

5. settlement, resolution, closure(noun)

   something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

   "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"

   Synonyms:
   colony, small town, block, firmness of purpose, liquidation, closedown, resolving power, stop, solving, answer, gag law, colonization, resoluteness, solution, solvent, cloture, resolve, stoppage, result, resolving, declaration, law of closure, closing, blockage, gag rule, shutdown, firmness, occlusion, village, resolution, colonisation, closure

6. settlement(noun)

   an area where a group of families live together

   Synonyms:
   village, colonization, closure, colonisation, small town, resolution, liquidation, colony

7. liquidation, settlement(noun)

   termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

   Synonyms:
   village, colonization, closure, resolution, small town, extermination, liquidation, colonisation, elimination, colony

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. settlement(noun)

   A resolution of a dispute.

   Synonyms:
   arrangement

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. settlement

   Synonyms:
   subsidence, dregs, residuum, precipitation, colonization, location, colony

   Antonyms:
   excitement, perturbation, turbidity, fluctuation

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. settlement(n.)

   Synonyms:
   adjustment, arrangement

2. settlement(n.)

   Synonyms:
   reconciliation, pacification

3. settlement(n.)

   Synonyms:
   liquidation, payment, discharge

4. settlement(n.)

   Synonyms:
   colonization

5. settlement(n.)

   Synonyms:
   colony

6. settlement(n.)

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] ordination, installation

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1. List of paraphrases:

   regulation, solution, settlements, colonization, accordance, regulations, colony, liquidation, settling, resolve, resolution, resolving, solve, rules, agreement, settle, solving, settler, colonisation, colonies, array, arrangement, clearing, resettlement, resolved, transaction, solved, address, stand, establishment, rehousing, règlement, settled, by-law, winding-up, reconciliation

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