Synonyms of colonizing

colonizing

verb

present participle of colonize

as in inhabiting

to supply with inhabitants

believes that someday humans will be sent to colonize Mars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inhabiting
• populating
• peopling
• settling
• moving (to)
• relocating (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• depopulating
• unpeopling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of colonizing

Dreams of colonizing Mars face many significant obstacles given the harsh conditions (for humans) on the red planet—including housing. — ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

These platforms are colonizing existing speculative spaces—like election results and sporting outcomes—while profiting from areas of asymmetrical knowledge that were previously not possible to monetize. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

But the past the men are recalling in their stories would have been in the ’20s or ’30s, when the British were still colonizing the region, resistance was gaining strength, and cultural mores were shifting in India and around the globe. — James Folta, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026

Sauna and plunge events will keep colonizing the nightlife calendar. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

The film depicts the world’s richest man as petty, narcissistic, megalomaniacal, cruel, detached from humans at a personal level (including various ex-partners and many of his children) while purporting to want to save humanity by colonizing Mars. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

Since then, seafaring and colonizing nations in particular have done much the same, centering their locations or adjusting sizes to project global reach and relevance. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026

SpaceX, founded in 2002 by tech mogul Elon Musk, is also working to get its massive Starship rocket operational in order to support its Starlink internet satellite business and achieve Musk's dream of colonizing Mars. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

SpaceX, for instance, purportedly aims to save humanity from future environmental catastrophes, like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, by colonizing the Moon and Mars. — Marissa E. Yingling, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026