| Main Entry: | colony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community |
Synonyms: |
antecedents, clearing, dependency, dominion, mandate, new land, offshoot, outpost, possession, protectorate, province, satellite, settlement, subject state, swarm, territory |
| Main Entry: | community |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | society, area of people |
Synonyms: |
association, body politic, center, colony, commonality, commonwealth, company, district, general public, hamlet, locality, nation, neck of the woods, neighborhood, people, populace, public, residents, society, state, stomping ground, territory, turf |
| Main Entry: | flock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congregation |
Synonyms: |
army, assembly, bevy, brood, cloud, collection, colony, company, convoy, crowd, crush, drift, drove, flight, gaggle, gathering, group, herd, host, legion, litter, mass, multitude, pack, progeny, rout, scores, skein, throng |
| Main Entry: | province |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of rule, responsibility |
Synonyms: |
arena, bailiwick, business, calling, canton, capacity, champaign, charge, colony, concern, county, demesne, department, dependency, district, division, domain, dominion, duty, employment, field, function, jurisdiction, line, office, orbit, part, post, pursuit, realm, region, role, section, shire, sphere, terrain, territory, tract, walk, work, zone |
| 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: | territory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domain, region |
Synonyms: |
area, belt, block, boundary, colony, commonwealth, country, district, dominion, empire, enclave, exclave, expanse, extent, field, land, mandate, nation, neck of the woods, neighborhood, province, quarter, section, sector, sphere, state, stomping grounds, street, terrain, terrene, township, tract, turf*, walk, zone |
| Main Entry: | hive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | apiary |
Synonyms: |
beehive, colony, swarm |
| Main Entry: | dependency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reliance |
Synonyms: |
addiction, colony, need |
| Notes: | addiction is mainly physical while dependency is mostly psychological |
Antonyms: |
independence |