colony

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. settlement, community; territory; swarm, hive. See assemblage, inhabitant.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A colonial area]

Syn. settlement, Dependency, subject state, colonial state, dominion, offshoot, possession, political possession, mandate, province, New land, clearing, protectorate, territory, daughter country, satellite state, satellite province, community, group, group migration, hive, swarm, home in the wilderness; see also nation 1 , territory 2 .

2. [A colonial people or culture]

Syn. pioneers, colonists, forerunners, forefathers, antecedents, beginnings, early days; see also sense 1.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. settlement community, outpost, dependency, province, possession, territory.

2. group community, band, flock.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun An area subject to rule by an outside power: dependency, possession, province, territory. See POLITICS.