colonial

¹co·lo·nial

adj \kə-ˈlō-nē-əl, -nyəl\

Definition of COLONIAL

1

: of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony

2

often capitalized : of or relating to the original 13 colonies forming the United States: as a : made or prevailing in America during the colonial period <colonial architecture> b : adapted from or reminiscent of an American colonial mode of design <colonial furniture>

3

: forming or existing in a colony <colonial organisms>

4

: possessing or composed of colonies <a colonial empire>

— co·lo·nial·ize \-nē-ə-ˌlīz, -nyə-ˌlīz\ transitive verb

— co·lo·nial·ly adverb

— co·lo·nial·ness noun

Examples of COLONIAL

1. The country was a colonial power.
2. a colonial nation and its colonial empire
3. The book describes life in Colonial America.
4. an example of colonial architecture
5. The port had been very important in colonial times.

First Known Use of COLONIAL

1768

Related to COLONIAL

Synonyms: gregarious, sociable, social

Antonyms: nonsocial, solitary

Related Words: associational, consociational, subsocial; dependent, parasitic (also parasitical), precocial, symbiotic

Near Antonyms: autonomous, independent, self-contained, semiautonomous, semi-independent; altricial, self-subsistent, self-sufficient, self-supporting, self-sustaining; lone, recluse, reclusive, unsociable

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