Synonyms for settlement
ˈsɛt l məntset·tle·ment

Wiktionary(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. settlementnoun

   A resolution of a dispute.

   Synonyms:
   arrangement

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. settlement

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

   Antonyms:
   excitement, perturbation, turbidity, fluctuation

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

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

2. village, small town, settlementnoun

   a community of people smaller than a town

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

3. settlementnoun

   a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it

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

4. colonization, colonisation, settlementnoun

   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, closurenoun

   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. settlementnoun

   an area where a group of families live together

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

7. liquidation, settlementnoun

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Agreement
   • Body
   • Community
   • Establishment
   • Geographical Area
   • Termination

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

1. settlementnoun

   Synonyms:
   adjustment, arrangement

2. settlementnoun

   Synonyms:
   reconciliation, pacification

3. settlementnoun

   Synonyms:
   liquidation, payment, discharge

4. settlementnoun

   Synonyms:
   colonization

5. settlementnoun

   Synonyms:
   colony

6. settlementnoun

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] ordination, installation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. settlementnoun

   Synonyms:
   establishment, ordination, installation, colonization, colony, adjustment, subsidence

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1. List of paraphrases for "settlement":

   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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How to use settlement in a sentence?

1. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:

   The proposed settlement agreement going before the Board of Estimates should not be interpreted as a judgment on the guilt or innocence of the officers facing trial.

2. The FTC:

   Today's landmark settlement is an important step in the FTC's ongoing effort to protect consumers from anti-competitive pay for delay settlements, which burden patients, American businesses, and taxpayers with billions of dollars in higher prescription drug costs.

3. Trinea Gonczar:

   In my case, as a privileged woman, my perpetrator is in jail, we received a settlement. I'm White, and I come from an expensive, per se, sport : you have to have money to have to be in that sport.

4. Aneesa McMillan:

   Even if we do get a settlement or something that works out, there's another state.

5. Tim Cook:

   Look, the truth is, we haven't been in any settlement discussions with them since the third calendar quarter of last year. That is the truth. So I'm not sure where that thinking is coming from.