Synonyms of colonizer

colonizer

noun

ˈkä-lə-ˌnī-zər 

as in settler

a person who settles in a new region

the first colonizers of Easter Island must have faced untold challenges

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of colonizer

In the past, thousands of the indigenous Great Andamanese people living in the region died after contact with British colonizers led to an epidemic of measles and syphilis. — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 7 June 2026

Norway was itself a colonizer, and programs oppressing indigenous cultures and languages were in place well into the 1960s. — Ola Morris Innset, The Dial, 2 June 2026

The language first reached the continent in the early twentieth century and gained popularity during the postcolonial era as a politically neutral replacement for the still-persistent languages of European colonizers. — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026

Stressing the omnipresent influence of the Portuguese colonizers, chorizo cooks with red kidney beans and black-eyed peas in a spunky chile-vinegar tomato sauce in a Goan adaptation of Brazilian feijoada. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 11 May 2026