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Words people most associate with “colony”:

  1. ants,
  2. ant,
  3. america,
  4. empire,
  5. bee

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Noun (6 meanings)

1. a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government.

colony, settlement

Example:
  • “the American colony in Paris”
colony is a type of:
  • body (noun) - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
types of colony:
instances of colony:
  • Demerara (noun) - a former Dutch colony in South America
  • Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe (noun) - location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain
  • New Amsterdam (noun) - a settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island
  • Plymouth Colony (noun) - colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620
members of colony:
  • colonial (noun) - a resident of a colony
colony is derivationally related to:
  • colonial (adjective) - of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
  • to colonize, colonise (verb) - settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
  • to colonize, colonise (verb) - settle as a colony
  • to settle, locate (verb) - take up residence and become established
  • to settle (verb) - form a community
  • to settle (verb) - establish or develop as a residence
  • settler, colonist (noun) - a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

2. a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together.

colony

colony is a type of:
parts of colony:
  • caste (noun) - in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony
colony is derivationally related to:
  • colonial (adjective) - of animals who live in colonies, such as ants

3. one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States.

Colony

colony is a type of:
instances of colony:
  • Connecticut (noun) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  • Delaware (noun) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  • Georgia (noun) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  • Maryland (noun) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  • Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony (noun) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  • New Hampshire (noun) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  • New Jersey (noun) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  • New York (noun) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  • North Carolina (noun) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  • Pennsylvania (noun) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  • Rhode Island (noun) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  • South Carolina (noun) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
  • Virginia (noun) - one of the British colonies that formed the United States
colony is a part of:
colony is derivationally related to:
  • settler, colonist (noun) - a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

4. a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated.

colony

Examples:
  • “a nudist colony”,
  • “an artists' colony”
colony is a type of:
  • place, property (noun) - any area set aside for a particular purpose

5. a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country.

colony, dependency

colony is a type of:
types of colony:
  • Crown Colony (noun) - a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor
instances of colony:
  • Cayman Islands (noun) - a British colony in the Caribbean to the northwest of Jamaica
  • New Netherland (noun) - a Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam
colony is derivationally related to:
  • colonial (adjective) - of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
  • settler, colonist (noun) - a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
  • subject, dependent (adjective) - being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

6. (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell.

colony

colony is a type of:
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
  • microbiology (noun) - the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans