colonise

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UK/ˈkɒlənaɪz/British, Southern, Standard/ˈkɔlənɑjz/US/ˈkɑlənaɪz/Scotland/ˈkɔlənaɪz/

verb

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.

Similar
colonize
Opposite
decolonise
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Meanings

verbcolonise (third-person singular simple present colonises, present participle colonising, simple past and past participle colonised)

present singular third person colonises · participle present colonising · participle past colonised · past colonised · alternative colonize

  1. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of colonize.

    “I sovereign, Lidia Thorpe, do solemnly and sincerely swear that I will be faithful and I bear true allegiance to the colonising her majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” she said.

    2022 August 1, Josh Butler, quoting Lidia Thorpe, “Australian senator calls the Queen a coloniser while being sworn in to parliament”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

verbsettle as a colony; of countries in the developing world

Similar
colonize
Opposite
decolonise
Broader
annex

verbsettle as colonists or establish a colony (in)

Similar
colonize
Broader
settlelocate
Also see
colonize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

eclosion
Cite this entry
APA

colonise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonise

MLA

“colonise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colonise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colonise.

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