COLONIZES Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

colonizes

verb

Definition of colonizes next

present tense third-person singular of colonize

as in inhabits

to supply with inhabitants believes that someday humans will be sent to colonize Mars

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Recent Examples of colonizes The plant colonizes quickly to serve as a dense, weed-free ground cover in areas where invasiveness is not a concern. —

Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026 The mussel is a freshwater species inhabiting shallow waters, and colonizes hard surfaces such as water intakes — impeding water flow, clogging pipes, and damaging equipment, including boat motors. —

Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025 Central to it all is the chance to see artworks from Vervoordt’s foundation, including installations by James Turrell and Anish Kapoor, whose At the Edge of the World colonizes one entire warehouse. —

Emma O'Kelly, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2017

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But unlike Disclosure or Airframe or—above all—State of Fear, his spate of latter-day thrill-eds, Sphere unpolemically inhabits this epistemology of doubt that colors so much of his work.

— Ian Mackenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
The trees here don't speak to people, but locals say the spirit of an old man inhabits the shadows between the branches.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026