Word Type

Noun

The word "settlement" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Causes Desire

go off strike

Derived Terms

antisettlement dissettlement human settlement life settlement nonsettlement outsettlement phantom settlement postsettlement presettlement resettlement settlement agreement settlement currency settlement date settlement house settlement tank settlementation unsettlement urban-type settlement viatical settlement

Derived From

settle

Context

architecture finance legal

Part Of (Holonyms)

conurbation country sovereign polity state

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

agreement body community conclusion constitution deciding decision making ending establishment formation geographic area geographic region geographical area geographical region organisation organization termination understanding

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

burg city cytee eco-city hamlet metropolis town village

Type Of (IsA)

agreement decision making geographical area

Parts (Meronyms)

abode alley avenue building house hut palace section of a town square street urban dweller

Related Terms

municipality settler

Related Terms

action base city colony divorce divorce money dwelling final final say group group homes hamlet homes money old old time pioneer pioneer action pioneers residence right say settle settler small small village time town village

Synonym Network

arrangement colonization colony liquidation village

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.