| Main Entry: | colonization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settlement of area |
Synonyms: |
clearing, establishment, expanding, expansion, founding, immigration, migration, opening up, peopling, pioneering, populating, settlement, settling, squatting, transplanting |
| Main Entry: | settlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community |
Synonyms: |
colonization, colony, encampment, establishment, foundation, habitation, hamlet, inhabitancy, occupancy, occupation, outpost, plantation, principality, residence |
| Main Entry: | emigration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | migration |
Synonyms: |
colonization, crossing, defection, departure, displacement, exile, exodus, expatriation, homesteading, journey, leaving, march, movement, moving, peregrination, reestablishment, relocation, removal, resettlement, settling, shift, transplanting, travel, trek, uprooting, voyage, wandering |
Antonyms: |
arriving, immigration, remaining |
| Main Entry: | immigration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emigration |
Synonyms: |
colonization, crossing, defection, departure, displacement, exile, exodus, expatriation, homesteading, journey, leaving, march, migration, movement, moving, peregrination, reestablishment, relocation, removal, resettlement, settling, shift, transmigration, transplanting, travel, trek, uprooting, voyage, wandering |