| Main Entry: | colonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | settle |
Synonyms: |
conquer, found, immigrate, migrate, people, pioneer, transplant |
| Main Entry: | immigrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enter a foreign area intending to live there |
Synonyms: |
arrive, colonize, come in, go in, migrate, settle |
| Notes: | to emigrate or immigrate is to enter a new country to take up residency; the only real difference between these words is you emigrate from your country to another country and you immigrate into (or to) another country |
Antonyms: |
emigrate, stay |
| Main Entry: | pioneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invent; lay the groundwork |
Synonyms: |
begin, colonize, create, develop, discover, establish, explore, found, go out in front, initiate, instigate, institute, launch, map out, open up, originate, prepare, show the way, spearhead*, start, take the lead, trailblaze |
| Main Entry: | settle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make one's home |
Synonyms: |
abide, colonize, dwell, establish, hang up one's hat, inhabit, keep house, live, locate, lodge, move to, park, put down roots, reside, set up home, squat, take root, take up residence |
Antonyms: |
depart, leave, move |
| Main Entry: | populate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | supply with inhabitants |
Synonyms: |
colonize, inhabit, live, occupy, people, settle |