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settlement - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | settlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision, conclusion |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, agreement, arrangement, clearance, compact, compensation, completion, conclusion, confirmation, contract, covenant, deal, determination, discharge, disposition, establishment, happy medium*, pay, payment, payoff, quietus, reimbursement, remuneration, resolution, satisfaction, showdown, termination, defrayal, liquidation, trade-off, working out |
| Antonyms: | confusion, indecision |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | settlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community |
| Synonyms: | colonization, colony, encampment, establishment, foundation, habitation, hamlet, occupancy, occupation, outpost, plantation, residence, inhabitancy, principality |
| Main Entry: | accommodation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adjustment for different situation, circumstances |
| Synonyms: | adaptation, compliance, composition, compromise, conformity, fitting, modification, reconciliation, settlement, fifty-fifty deal |
| Main Entry: | adjudication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment |
| Synonyms: | conclusion, decision, determination, finding, pronouncement, ruling, settlement, verdict |
| Main Entry: | appeasement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | satisfaction; pacification |
| Synonyms: | abatement, accommodation, adjustment, amends, compromise, concession, grant, lessening, mitigation, moderation, peace offering, reconciliation, reparation, restoration, settlement, softening, solace, soothing, acceding, alleviation, assuagement, blunting, conciliation, easing, lulling, mollification, placation, propitiation, quelling, quenching, quieting, tranquilization |
| Antonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, irritation, provocation, resistance |
| Main Entry: | bequest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given in will |
| Synonyms: | devise, endowment, estate, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, settlement, trust, bequeathal, bequeathment, bestowal, devisal, dower |
| Main Entry: | charter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treaty, agreement |
| Synonyms: | allotment, bond, code, concession, constitution, contract, conveyance, deed, document, endowment, franchise, grant, indenture, license, pact, patent, permit, prerogative, privilege, right, settlement |
| Main Entry: | colonization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settlement of area |
| Synonyms: | clearing, establishment, expansion, founding, migration, settlement, expanding, immigration, opening up, peopling, pioneering, populating, settling, squatting, transplanting |
| Main Entry: | colony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | community |
| Synonyms: | clearing, dependency, dominion, mandate, offshoot, outpost, possession, province, satellite, settlement, swarm, territory, antecedents, new land, protectorate, subject state |
| Main Entry: | compact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | alliance, arrangement, bargain, bond, contract, convention, covenant, deal, engagement, entente, indenture, pact, settlement, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding, concordat |
| Notes: | a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities |
| Antonyms: | disagreement |
| Main Entry: | compensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repayment; rectification |
| Synonyms: | advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread*, consideration, coverage, deserts*, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnity, meet, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, wage, counterclaim, damages, defrayal, indemnification, quittance, recoupment, remittal, remittance, take-home |
| Antonyms: | damage, deprivation, fine, forfeiture, loss, penalty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, give-and-take |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, accord, adjustment, arrangement, bargain, compact, composition, concession, contract, covenant, deal, happy medium*, mean, middle ground, pact, settlement, understanding, copout, fifty-fifty*, half and half, half measure, middle course, sellout, trade-off, win-win situation |
| Antonyms: | contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, dispute, dissension, dissent, quarrel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, deal |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, bargain, bond, commission, commitment, compact, convention, covenant, deposition, dicker*, engagement, evidence, guarantee, indenture, liability, obligation, pact, paper, pledge, promise, proof, record, settlement, stipulation, treaty, understanding, concordat, handshake, mise |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, misunderstanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | domicile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human habitat |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodation, apartment, castle, condominium, crash pad*, dump, dwelling, habitation, home, house, joint, mansion, pad*, rack*, residence, roost*, settlement, co-op, commorancy, condo, legal residence, residency, roof over head |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | entente |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | accord, arrangement, deal, pact, settlement, treaty, understanding |
| Main Entry: | folk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's relations, acquaintances |
| Synonyms: | body politic, clan, community, family, group, house, household, kin, kindred, lineage, masses, nation, nationality, people, population, proletariat, public, race, settlement, society, state, stock, tribe, confederation, culture group, ethnic group, general public, inhabitants, ménage |
| Main Entry: | give-and-take |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mutual concession |
| Synonyms: | adaptability, banter, collaboration, compromise, concession, cooperation, exchange, offset, reciprocity, settlement, swap, trade, deal-making, trade-off, wheeling and dealing |
| Main Entry: | habitat/habitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where someone resides |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodations, address, apartment, berth, cave, condominium, den, domicile, dwelling, element, environment, flat, haunt*, haven, hearth, hole*, home, home plate, house, housing, locale, lodging, neck of the woods, nest, nook, occupancy, occupation, pad*, place, quarters, range, residence, roof*, roost*, seat*, settlement, site, stamping ground*, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, biosphere, co-op, commorancy, condo, digs, fireside, homestead, locality, residency, stomping ground |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occupancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | residence of place |
| Synonyms: | control, deed, habitation, occupation, ownership, possession, retention, settlement, tenancy, tenure, term, title, use, holding, inhabitance, inhabitancy |
| Main Entry: | pact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
| Synonyms: | alliance, arrangement, bargain, bond, compact, concord, contract, convention, covenant, deal, league, paper, protocol, settlement, transaction, treaty, understanding, concordat, piece of paper |
| Antonyms: | disagreement |
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