Synonyms & related words for colonise

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of colonise. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to colonise

Explore words related to colonise — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include colonize, recolonize, colonization, recolonization, colonizer, colonists, colonies, invade. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does colonise come from?

The word colonise breaks down into 2 roots of Latin and Greek origin: colon, from Latin colonus (“settler, farmer”); and -ise, from Greek -izein (“to make into”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.