Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Verb

The word "colony" can be used as noun, proper noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

country homeland independent independent state mother mother country state

Derived Terms

Cape Colony Colony of Virginia Delft Colony Lost Colony Mexican Colony O'Neill colony Orange River Colony Roanoke Colony artificial bee colony autocolony bird colony coloner colonial colonialism coloniarch colonigenic colonise colonist colonize colony collapse disorder colony counter colony-forming unit colony-stimulating factor colonyhood crown colony freedom colony granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor intercolony intracolony leper colony lunar colony macrocolony megacolony microcolony monocolony neo-colony nudist colony paleocolony penal colony polony pseudocolony rolony semi-colony space colony subcolony supercolony

Context

india microbiology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

animal group biological group body geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region place property

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

factory fondaco trading post

Type Of (IsA)

animal group assemblage biological group body controlled territory geographical area place political entity

Part Of

united states

Related Terms

Cologne Crown colony cult culture metropole

Related Terms

abode abroad america america past america thirteen american american settlers americas americas thirteen animal animal group ant ant abode ant city ant collective ant community ant empire ant family ant farm ant group ant grouping ant groups ant hill ant hive ant home ant house ant mass ant neighborhood ant population ant society ant village ants ants bees ants community ants group ants have ants home ants live ants possibly apartment arrangement australia baloney bee bee collective bee group bee habitat bee society bees before before state before states bird bird group books break break away british british empire british had british india call call knee call lonely call on city collective collective group collective noun cologne community complex country crown colony cult culturally culture dispersed dispersed people early early america early americas early settlement early state early usa emigrant empire england establishment ethnic family farm first first establishment foreign foreign land foreign settlement founding founding state government group group ants group people group settlers grouping groups habitat had have hill history history books hive holding home house houses imperial imperial possession imperialism independence india inhabited jamestown jamestown first knee land lands lepers like like ants live living living arrangement living organism lonely lots lots ants many many ants many bees many houses many people mass members mother mother england neighborhood new new country new land new lands new people new settlement new settlers new world newly newly inhabited nudist nudist group numerous occupied occupied land on land organism organization original original state original states original thirteen overseas overseas holding past people people abroad people settlement pilgrims pilgrims town place political political unit population possession possibly prior prior independence queen rabbit seized seized land settlement settlement abroad settler settler home settlers settlers place settlers settlement several several ants social social group society space space settlement state states subjugated subjugated people territory thirteen thirteen american thirteen original thirteen states town unit united united states us us territory usa village virginia war was thirteen world

Synonym Network

settlement

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