All colonize synonyms
col·o·nize
C c verb colonize
- conquer — If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
- people — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
- migrate — to go from one country, region, or place to another. Synonyms: move, resettle, relocate. Antonyms: remain.
- pioneer — a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- immigrate — to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
- found — simple past tense and past participle of find.
- transplant — to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
- settle — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- inhabit — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- take over — the act of taking.
- lay claim to — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.