Synonyms for "colonist" (12 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(1 words)

colonizer

emigranthomesteader

Strong matches (3)

immigrantnewcomerpioneer

Related words (6)

planterprecursorsettlersoonersquatter

Noun(1 words)

settler

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

colonialistmigrantmigrator

Synonyms

1 entries

settler

derived

1 entries

anticolonist

derived from

1 entries

colony

is a

1 entries

person

related to

3 entries

colonisationcolonisecolony

Translations

74 translations across 29 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries

• ἄποικος noun (founder of a colony)
• ἄποικος noun (member of a colony)

Asturian

1 entries

• colonu noun (member of a colony)

Bulgarian

2 entries

• колонист noun (founder of a colony)
• колонистка noun (founder of a colony)

Catalan

4 entries

• colon noun (member of a colony)
• colona noun (member of a colony)
• colonitzador noun (founder of a colony)
• colonitzadora noun (founder of a colony)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 殖民者 noun (founder of a colony)

Danish

1 entries

• kolonist noun (founder of a colony)

Dutch

1 entries

• kolonist noun (founder of a colony)

Esperanto

1 entries

• koloniano noun (member of a colony)

Finnish

1 entries

• siirtolainen noun (founder of a colony)

French

3 entries

• colon noun (member of a colony)
• colonisateur noun (founder of a colony)
• colonisatrice noun (founder of a colony)

Galician

3 entries

• colonizador noun (founder of a colony)
• colonizadora noun (founder of a colony)
• colono noun (member of a colony)

German

4 entries

• Kolonisator noun (founder of a colony)
• Kolonisatorin noun (founder of a colony)
• Kolonist noun (founder of a colony)
• Kolonistin noun (founder of a colony)

Greek

2 entries

• άποικος noun (founder of a colony)
• άποικος noun (member of a colony)

Hebrew

3 entries

• מתיישב noun (founder of a colony)
• מתיישב noun (member of a colony)
• מתנחל noun (member of a colony)

Hungarian

1 entries

• gyarmatosító noun (founder of a colony)

Indonesian

2 entries

• kolonis noun (founder of a colony)
• kolonis noun (member of a colony)

Italian

2 entries

• colonizzatore noun (founder of a colony)
• colonizzatrice noun (founder of a colony)

Japanese

2 entries

• 入植者 noun (founder of a colony)
• 開拓者 noun (founder of a colony)

Latin

4 entries

• colōna noun (founder of a colony)
• colōnista noun (founder of a colony)
• colōnistus noun (founder of a colony)
• colōnus noun (founder of a colony)

Marathi

1 entries

• वसाहतकार noun (founder of a colony)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

• kolonist noun (founder of a colony)
• kolonist noun (member of a colony)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

• kolonist noun (founder of a colony)
• kolonist noun (member of a colony)

Polish

4 entries

• kolonista noun (founder of a colony)
• kolonista noun (member of a colony)
• kolonistka noun (founder of a colony)
• kolonistka noun (member of a colony)

Portuguese

4 entries

• colona noun (founder of a colony)
• colonizador noun (founder of a colony)
• colonizadora noun (founder of a colony)
• colono noun (founder of a colony)

Romanian

2 entries

• colonist noun (founder of a colony)
• colonistă noun (founder of a colony)

Russian

4 entries

• колони́ст noun (founder of a colony)
• колони́стка noun (founder of a colony)
• колониза́тор noun (founder of a colony)
• поселе́нец noun (founder of a colony)

Spanish

4 entries

• colona noun (founder of a colony)
• colona noun (member of a colony)
• colonizador noun (founder of a colony)
• colonizadora noun (founder of a colony)

Swedish

2 entries

• kolonisatör noun (founder of a colony)
• nybyggare noun (founder of a colony)

Telugu

1 entries

• వలసపోయిన వాఁడు noun (founder of a colony)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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This outfit was typical of a colonist at that time.

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