Synonyms of colonial

colonial 1 of 2

adjective

kə-ˈlō-nē-əl 

as in social

tending to group with others of the same kind

colonial organisms

Synonyms & Similar Words

• social
• parasitic
• associational
• dependent
• gregarious
• sociable
• consociational
• symbiotic
• subsocial
• precocial

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• solitary
• independent
• nonsocial
• autonomous
• semiautonomous
• self-contained
• self-sufficient
• semi-independent
• altricial
• reclusive
• lone
• unsociable
• self-sustaining
• self-supporting
• self-subsistent
• recluse

colonial

2 of 2

noun

as in settler

a person who settles in a new region

European colonials who built coffee plantations in East Africa

Synonyms & Similar Words

• settler
• pioneer
• colonist
• colonizer
• frontiersman
• homesteader
• explorer
• pathfinder
• mountain man
• woodsman
• bushranger
• trailblazer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of colonial

Adjective

The miniseries spans from the outbreak of the French and Indian War in 1754 through the Revolutionary War and its aftermath, detailing the rising colonial resistance to British rule along the way. — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

Barbados and other Caribbean nations have pushed reparatory justice beyond a historical argument about enslavement and toward a broader debate over development, debt, ownership and the continuing economic consequences of colonial extraction. — Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Noun

As the Khairas were moving into their new brick colonial, which already felt steeped in another era, workers began dismantling the old backyard carousel and other remnants of a private fairy-tale landscape. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026

Crews are wanting to learn more about the earthen fortification, known as the redoubt, which is essentially a dirt fort colonial soldiers built by hand overnight before fighting began. — Kailey Schuyler, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026