Synonyms for settlement
ˈsɛt l məntset·tle·ment

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. settlementnoun

   A resolution of a dispute.

   Synonyms:
   arrangement

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 4 votes

1. settlement

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

   Antonyms:
   excitement, perturbation, turbidity, fluctuation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

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

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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

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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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1. Joe Sims:

   There are no settlement talks under way. There is no additional settlement being considered, i don't think there's any realistic possibility that there will be a settlement.

2. Mary Trump:

   The New York Times's detailed analysis and investigation revealed for the first time that the valuations on which I had relied in entering into the Settlement Agreement, and which were used to determine my compensation under Settlement Agreement, were fraudulent, i relied on the false valuations provided to me by my uncles and aunt, and would never have entered into Settlement Agreement had I known the true value of the assets involved.

3. John Adams:

   I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.

4. Oscar Wilde:

   Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

5. Israel Zangwill:

   You, the Spirit of the Settlement ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries...