What is another word for colonial?
979 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kəlˈə͡ʊnɪəl], [ kəlˈəʊnɪəl], [ k_ə_l_ˈəʊ_n_ɪ__ə_l]
The term "colonial" is often associated with the oppression and exploitation of indigenous populations by powerful European nations seeking to expand their empires. There are several synonyms that can convey a similar idea: imperialistic, expansionist, dominative, hegemonic, or conquering. These words all suggest a sense of domination and the imposition of one culture over another. Other synonyms such as early, pioneering, or foundational do not necessarily have the same negative connotations but still evoke a sense of the time period when colonies were being established. Using synonyms can add nuance and depth to writing, allowing for more precise and effective communication of ideas.
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Synonyms for Colonial:
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adj.
• regional- area ,
- borough ,
- canton ,
- circuit ,
- city ,
- commonwealth ,
- county ,
- district ,
- divisional ,
- local ,
- national ,
- precinct ,
- provincial ,
- quarter ,
- realm ,
- regional ,
- riding ,
- sector ,
- shire ,
- state ,
- territorial ,
- town ,
- tract ,
- zone .
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n.
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- afghan ,
- african ,
- american ,
- anglo-saxon ,
- asian ,
- australian ,
- basque ,
- belgian ,
- british ,
- canadian ,
- daughter ,
- distant ,
- imperial ,
- isolated ,
- mandated ,
- overseas ,
- planted ,
- remote ,
- settled ,
- subject .
Other synonyms:
- appointed ,
- baronial ,
- beachfront ,
- burned-out ,
- carpeted ,
- cavernous ,
- condemned ,
- corinthian ,
- covered ,
- curtained off ,
- dank ,
- darkened ,
- derelict ,
- detached ,
- doric ,
- drafty ,
- edwardian ,
- en suite ,
- firetrap ,
- furnished ,
- gabled ,
- half-timbered ,
- high-rise ,
- jacobean ,
- labyrinthine ,
- lofty ,
- low-rise ,
- moated ,
- modular ,
- norman ,
- open-plan ,
- palatial ,
- perpendicular ,
- prefab ,
- prefabricated ,
- rabbit warren ,
- rambling ,
- romanesque ,
- rooftop ,
- ruined ,
- semidetached ,
- shuttered ,
- spacious ,
- split-level ,
- sprawling ,
- the Bronze Age ,
- the Christian era ,
- the Dark Ages ,
- the Enlightenment ,
- the Industrial Revolution ,
- the Iron Age ,
- the Middle Ages ,
- the Norman Conquest ,
- the Raj ,
- the Reformation ,
- the Roaring Twenties ,
- the Stone Age ,
- timbered ,
- tudor ,
- tumbledown ,
- unfurnished ,
- unoccupied ,
- vaulted ,
- well-appointed .
- service .
- brownstone ,
- carbuncle ,
- handsome ,
- modernity ,
- nonresidential ,
- quaint ,
- regency ,
- renaissance ,
- sprawl ,
- stark .
- comfortable ,
- secure .
Other relevant words:
- 1000 ,
- abandoned ,
- abandoned ship ,
- aborigine ,
- abrasive ,
- abroad ,
- absorb ,
- acres ,
- addiction ,
- afghan hound ,
- afghani ,
- afghanistani ,
- after part ,
- aloof ,
- altogether ,
- amazing ,
- ancient ,
- angry ,
- annexe ,
- antediluvial ,
- antediluvian patriarch ,
- antiquated ,
- apart ,
- appointive ,
- appropriate ,
- ardent ,
- arduous ,
- arena ,
- armed service ,
- arrant ,
- arrogate ,
- asiatic ,
- assume ,
- assure ,
- attach ,
- august ,
- aussie ,
- austere ,
- authoritative ,
- avail ,
- awe-inspiring ,
- awful ,
- awing ,
- awkward ,
- backbreaking ,
- backwoodsman ,
- bailiwick ,
- bang-up ,
- barbarian ,
- barbaric ,
- bare ,
- bare-ass ,
- bare-assed ,
- barren ,
- baseless ,
- batten ,
- batten down ,
- bedraggled ,
- beleaguer ,
- better-looking ,
- big ,
- bighearted ,
- billet ,
- biotic community ,
- birthday suit ,
- bleak ,
- block ,
- blockage ,
- bloom ,
- blossom ,
- blunt ,
- body politic ,
- bottle up ,
- bounteous ,
- bountiful ,
- bracing ,
- breakaway ,
- brilliant ,
- brisk ,
- brits ,
- broad ,
- broken-down ,
- bucolic ,
- building complex ,
- bully ,
- bumpkinly ,
- bunglesome ,
- bungling ,
- burned ,
- burned-over ,
- burnt ,
- burnt-out ,
- busy ,
- capable ,
- capture ,
- case ,
- changeable ,
- chasten ,
- chemical compound ,
- childlike ,
- chiliad ,
- chivalric ,
- choice ,
- circle ,
- circumference ,
- circumscribed ,
- circumvent ,
- civilised ,
- civilized ,
- clammy ,
- classical ,
- clean ,
- close ,
- close-fitting ,
- closedown ,
- closing ,
- cloture ,
- clunky ,
- clutch ,
- collected ,
- colonised ,
- colonization ,
- colonized ,
- combine ,
- comfy ,
- commencement ,
- common ,
- community of interests ,
- complete ,
- complicated ,
- composite ,
- computer architecture ,
- concentrated ,
- concern ,
- confiscate ,
- consistence ,
- consistency ,
- consummate ,
- contemporaneity ,
- contemporaneousness ,
- content ,
- conurbation ,
- coordination compound ,
- corking ,
- cosy ,
- country ,
- cozy ,
- cracking ,
- crazy ,
- creaky ,
- crucial ,
- crucify ,
- crude oil ,
- crush ,
- cubby ,
- cubbyhole ,
- cultivated ,
- cumbersome ,
- curious ,
- cutting ,
- dandy ,
- dangerous ,
- dead body ,
- decolonisation ,
- decreed ,
- decrepit ,
- deep-rooted ,
- deep-seated ,
- deepen ,
- degage ,
- degenerate ,
- degeneration ,
- delinquent ,
- deluxe ,
- demesne ,
- democracy ,
- department of state ,
- dependable ,
- dependance ,
- dependant ,
- dependence ,
- depicted object ,
- deserted ,
- desolate ,
- destroyed ,
- deteriorate ,
- devolvement ,
- dewy-eyed ,
- difficult ,
- digressive ,
- dilapidated ,
- diluvial ,
- dim-witted ,
- discipline ,
- discursive ,
- disjunct ,
- distinguished ,
- divine service ,
- dodo ,
- domain ,
- domed ,
- done for ,
- doric dialect ,
- dos ,
- dotty ,
- double-dyed ,
- draughty ,
- draw ,
- draw and quarter ,
- drop ,
- drug-addicted ,
- earlier ,
- earthy ,
- easy ,
- efflorescence ,
- el ,
- electric circuit ,
- electrical circuit ,
- elementary ,
- elevated railroad ,
- elevated railway ,
- emigre ,
- emigree ,
- encroach upon ,
- engage ,
- english-gothic ,
- engross ,
- ensure ,
- equanimous ,
- equipped ,
- equitation ,
- erectile ,
- erstwhile ,
- estate of the realm ,
- everlasting ,
- excursive ,
- expanse ,
- expansive ,
- express ,
- extension ,
- fall ,
- fantastic ,
- fasten ,
- field ,
- field of study ,
- fill ,
- fin-de-siecle ,
- fine-looking ,
- finished ,
- firmly ,
- first ,
- fissiparous ,
- fix ,
- flea-bitten ,
- flower ,
- flush ,
- fogey ,
- fogy ,
- force ,
- forerunner ,
- former ,
- fossil oil ,
- fourth ,
- fourth part ,
- free ,
- freehanded ,
- freshly ,
- fumbling ,
- funny ,
- furious ,
- gag rule ,
- gaga ,
- gallant ,
- gawky ,
- genteel ,
- geographical zone ,
- get hold of ,
- get over ,
- get-go ,
- gilded ,
- girl ,
- giving ,
- godforsaken ,
- good ,
- good-looking ,
- gothic ,
- grab ,
- grand piano ,
- grave ,
- great ,
- grievous ,
- groovy ,
- gross ,
- ground ,
- groundbreaker ,
- groundless ,
- grove ,
- grueling ,
- gruelling ,
- guangzhou ,
- guarantee ,
- guinea pig ,
- habituation ,
- half-timber ,
- harbinger ,
- hardly ,
- hazardous ,
- heavily ,
- heavy ,
- heighten ,
- help ,
- hem in ,
- herald ,
- hereditary ,
- heroic ,
- heyday ,
- hick ,
- high ,
- high-flown ,
- high-minded ,
- home ,
- hooked ,
- horseback riding ,
- house physician ,
- howling ,
- humble ,
- idealistic ,
- idle ,
- ill-chosen ,
- imperial beard ,
- impertinent ,
- implanted ,
- imposing ,
- impound ,
- impregnable ,
- impudent ,
- in the altogether ,
- in the buff ,
- in the raw ,
- inapt ,
- incompetent ,
- independent ,
- indigen ,
- indigene ,
- inept ,
- infest ,
- ingenuous ,
- ingrained ,
- inhibit ,
- initiate ,
- innovator ,
- inspection and repair ,
- insure ,
- intemperate ,
- intemperately ,
- intensify ,
- interest ,
- interior ,
- internal ,
- intrude on ,
- invigorated ,
- inviolable ,
- issue ,
- ithiel town ,
- july 4 ,
- keen ,
- keep down ,
- kickoff ,
- kingdom ,
- knightly ,
- knockout ,
- kuangchou ,
- kwangchow ,
- laborious ,
- labyrinthian ,
- land ,
- landed estate ,
- lap ,
- law of closure ,
- left ,
- left over ,
- leftover ,
- liberal ,
- liberty ,
- life-threatening ,
- liquidation ,
- local anesthetic ,
- lodge in ,
- lord ,
- lordly ,
- low ,
- lowly ,
- lush ,
- luxurious ,
- magisterial ,
- man-about-town ,
- marooned ,
- marvellous ,
- marvelous ,
- master ,
- matter ,
- mazy ,
- meandering ,
- mediaeval ,
- meek ,
- mere ,
- meridian ,
- metropolis ,
- mild ,
- military service ,
- minor ,
- modern ,
- modernism ,
- modernness ,
- modified ,
- mortify ,
- mountain man ,
- naif ,
- naked ,
- naked as a jaybird ,
- nation ,
- nationalistic ,
- native ,
- natural ,
- natural state ,
- neat ,
- neglectful ,
- nerve pathway ,
- nerve tract ,
- nester ,
- newly ,
- nifty ,
- noble-minded ,
- nobleman ,
- nonmigratory ,
- not bad ,
- novel ,
- obscure ,
- obtrude upon ,
- occlusion ,
- of import ,
- offset ,
- oil ,
- oklahoman ,
- old-time ,
- older ,
- olympian ,
- one thousand ,
- one-fourth ,
- one-quarter ,
- one-time ,
- onetime ,
- open ,
- open up ,
- openhanded ,
- oppress ,
- opulent ,
- orbit ,
- ordained ,
- organic structure ,
- origin ,
- outback ,
- outgoer ,
- outset ,
- outside ,
- overbold ,
- overcome ,
- overhaul ,
- overhead railway ,
- overrun ,
- oversea ,
- palaeolithic ,
- pamphlet ,
- parcel ,
- parcel of land ,
- partition ,
- pashto ,
- pass ,
- pathway ,
- patrimonial ,
- patriot ,
- patriotism ,
- paxto ,
- peachy ,
- peak ,
- peasant ,
- peculiar ,
- peeled ,
- pendant ,
- pendent ,
- perfect ,
- perpendicular style ,
- personify ,
- petroleum ,
- piece of ground ,
- piece of land ,
- plantation owner ,
- playboy ,
- plug ,
- plumb line ,
- pocket-size ,
- pocket-sized ,
- poised ,
- polite ,
- poop ,
- posit ,
- predecessor ,
- preferably ,
- prehend ,
- prehistorical ,
- premier ,
- prescribed ,
- previous ,
- primaeval ,
- primal ,
- prime of life ,
- prime quantity ,
- primitive person ,
- princely ,
- prize ,
- procure ,
- prosperous ,
- proud ,
- province ,
- prude ,
- punishing ,
- pure ,
- purple ,
- put forward ,
- qualified ,
- quality ,
- quarantined ,
- quartern ,
- quash ,
- queer ,
- quick ,
- quondam ,
- racing circuit ,
- rage ,
- raging ,
- raised ,
- ramp ,
- rampantly ,
- ramshackle ,
- rarefied ,
- rarified ,
- rather ,
- rattling ,
- raving mad ,
- rebirth ,
- reduce ,
- refreshed ,
- refreshful ,
- refreshing ,
- region ,
- reinvigorated ,
- religious service ,
- remaining ,
- remiss ,
- remote control ,
- removed ,
- renascence ,
- renter ,
- repress ,
- republic ,
- reside ,
- resident physician ,
- residential area ,
- residential district ,
- resolution ,
- return ,
- risky ,
- rock oil ,
- roomy ,
- root ,
- rootage ,
- rough ,
- rough-cut ,
- round-eyed ,
- royal stag ,
- rude ,
- rule ,
- rum ,
- rummy ,
- run-down ,
- rustic ,
- safe ,
- sassy ,
- saucy ,
- savage ,
- say ,
- select ,
- self-collected ,
- self-determination ,
- self-directed ,
- self-direction ,
- self-governing ,
- self-government ,
- self-possessed ,
- self-reliance ,
- self-reliant ,
- self-sufficiency ,
- sensitive ,
- separated ,
- separationist ,
- sequester ,
- serious ,
- serve ,
- service of process ,
- servicing ,
- serving ,
- set-apart ,
- severely ,
- sheepskin coat ,
- shire horse ,
- showtime ,
- shutdown ,
- significant ,
- simple-minded ,
- simpleton ,
- singular ,
- slap-up ,
- small ,
- small town ,
- small-scale ,
- smart ,
- smashing ,
- snuggery ,
- soaring ,
- sodding ,
- sometime ,
- sore ,
- soundbox ,
- source ,
- sovereign ,
- spartan ,
- special ,
- sphere ,
- stamp down ,
- staring ,
- stark naked ,
- start ,
- starting time ,
- state department ,
- state of matter ,
- state of nature ,
- stately ,
- stern ,
- stop ,
- stop up ,
- stoppage ,
- straggle ,
- straggling ,
- straggly ,
- stranded ,
- stray ,
- strong ,
- strung-out ,
- study ,
- subject area ,
- subject field ,
- sublime ,
- submit ,
- subordinate ,
- substance ,
- sumptuous ,
- sunk ,
- surd ,
- surface area ,
- surmount ,
- surprise ,
- surround ,
- sweet ,
- swell ,
- table service ,
- tail ,
- take ,
- take over ,
- tame ,
- tatterdemalion ,
- tell ,
- tempest ,
- tempestuous ,
- tender ,
- terrible ,
- terrific ,
- territorial dominion ,
- territorial reserve ,
- territory ,
- the three estates ,
- theme ,
- thorough ,
- thoroughgoing ,
- thou ,
- thousand ,
- toilsome ,
- tonic ,
- topic ,
- topical anesthetic ,
- torso ,
- tough ,
- tour ,
- tower block ,
- towering ,
- townsfolk ,
- township ,
- townspeople ,
- trailblazer ,
- transmissible ,
- tremendous ,
- trunk ,
- tumble-down ,
- twenty-five percent ,
- unadulterated ,
- unaffectionate ,
- unafraid ,
- unassailable ,
- unattackable ,
- uncaring ,
- uncertain ,
- uncivilised ,
- uncivilized ,
- uncomplicated ,
- uncouth ,
- uncultivated ,
- undercoat ,
- undone ,
- unenlightened ,
- uneven ,
- unexampled ,
- unexpended ,
- unfermented ,
- unfounded ,
- ungainly ,
- uninitiate ,
- uninitiated ,
- uninstructed ,
- uninvolved ,
- united states department of state ,
- unmatched ,
- unmated ,
- unpaired ,
- unproblematic ,
- unprocessed ,
- unrefined ,
- unsanded ,
- unsubdivided ,
- untamed ,
- untenanted ,
- untroubled ,
- unused ,
- unvoiced ,
- unwarranted ,
- unwieldy ,
- unworldly ,
- upstage ,
- urban center ,
- urban sprawl ,
- use up ,
- usurp ,
- utter ,
- vertical ,
- village ,
- violent ,
- violent storm ,
- voiceless ,
- vulgar ,
- wandering ,
- warm up ,
- warmly ,
- warren ,
- washed-up ,
- waste ,
- well-favored ,
- well-favoured ,
- well-fixed ,
- well-found ,
- well-heeled ,
- well-off ,
- well-situated ,
- well-to-do ,
- wicked ,
- wide ,
- wide-eyed ,
- wilderness ,
- winding ,
- wing ,
- wise ,
- woebegone ,
- wonderful ,
- wondrous ,
- woodlet ,
- worry ,
- yard ,
- young ,
- zona .
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How to use "Colonial" in context?
The term, colonial, is derived from the latin word, colonus, meaning one who is from the colony. Colonialism is the policy of extending a country's power by occupying and governing other countries or regions. The English word colonialism was first used in the late 1590s to describe the actions of the English and Dutch in their fight for control of North America. Colonialism is often considered to have begun in 1492, when Christopher Columbus first arrived in the West Indies. He claimed the land for Spain, and soon other Europeans, including the Portugese and French, began competing for control of the new lands.
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
colonialist.
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Noun, singular or mass
colonialist.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
Les.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Adjective
colonialism, colonized, imperial, imperialist, Colonizing, semi-colonial.
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Proper noun, singular
colonialism, colony, Colonies.
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Noun, singular or mass
colonialism, colonisation, colony, decolonization, imperialist, occupation, Colonizing.
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Adjective
Holonyms for Colonial:
n.
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person
colony, settlement.
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person
Hyponym for Colonial:
Word of the Day
home and dry
- Synonyms:
- certain.
