COLONIZED Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word colonized. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for COLONIZED
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controlled | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds | ||||||||
dominated | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • controlled or ruled by superior authority or power • harassed by persistent nagging | ||||||||
established | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
adjective • brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established adjective satellite • settled securely and unconditionally • conforming with accepted standards • shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt • introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation | ||||||||
governed | verbv | |||||||
noun • the body of people who are citizens of a particular government | ||||||||
inhabited | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • having inhabitants; lived in | ||||||||
occupied | verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj | |||||||
adjective • held or filled or in use • seized and controlled as by military invasion adjective satellite • resided in; having tenants • having ones attention or mind or energy engaged | ||||||||
populated | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • furnished with inhabitants | ||||||||
ruled | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • subject to a ruling authority | ||||||||
settled | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
adjective • established or decided beyond dispute or doubt • established in a desired position or place; not moving about adjective satellite • inhabited by colonists • not changeable | ||||||||
subjugated | verbv | |||||||
adjective satellite • reduced to submission | ||||||||
annexed | verbv | |||||||
noun • an addition that extends a main building verb • take (territory) as if by conquest • add an extra part to | ||||||||
claimed | verbv | |||||||
noun • an assertion of a right (as to money or property) • an assertion that something is true or factual • demand for something as rightful or due • an informal right to something • an established or recognized right • a demand verb • assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing • demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to • ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example • lay claim to; as of an idea • take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | ||||||||
conquered | verbv | |||||||
verb • bring under control by force or authority • take possession of by force, as after an invasion • overcome by conquest | ||||||||
seized | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • take hold of; grab • take or capture by force • take possession of by force, as after an invasion • take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority • seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession • hook by a pull on the line • affect • capture the attention or imagination of | ||||||||
colonise | verbv | |||||||
verb • settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world • settle as colonists or establish a colony (in) |