colonize

colonize is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.
2. intransitive verb. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.
3. verb. settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)

   "The British colonized the East Coast"

   Synonyms: colonise

4. verb. settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world

   "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"

   Synonyms: colonise

Synonyms

colonise

Common word forms

colonized, colonizer, colonizes, colonizing

Words from these letters

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