Synonyms for colonise
colonise

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1. colonize, coloniseverb

   settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world

   "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"

   Synonyms:
   colonize

   Antonyms:
   decolonize, decolonise

2. colonize, coloniseverb

   settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)

   "The British colonized the East Coast"

   Synonyms:
   colonize

   Antonyms:
   decolonise, decolonize

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1. • Annex
   • Settle

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1. List of paraphrases for "colonise":

   colonize

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   These organisms seem to have been able to quickly colonise the sea floor, and we often see one dominant species on these fossil beds, how this happens ecologically has been a longstanding question -- these filaments may explain how they were able to do that.