Synonyms of plantation

plantation

noun

plan-ˈtā-shən 

as in colony

a settlement in a new country or region

the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• colony
• outpost
• camp
• territory
• habitation
• diaspora
• protectorate
• dependency
• mandate
• possession
• post
• exclave

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plantation

Indigenous tree species are generally better adapted to local climates, support far more wildlife, and create healthier, more resilient ecosystems than large monoculture plantations. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026

There was, however, a robust immigrant population, in part due to a demand for cheap labor to work on the sugar plantations and in other businesses. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026

The cocoa industry was built on the extraction of labor and land, a logic born in colonial plantation economies that has proved remarkably durable. — Santiago Gowland, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

In the 1700s, when West Africans were shackled and shipped to the South Carolina–Georgia seaboard, some were forced to work in rice paddies, in cotton fields, and on indigo plantations, where the moist climate resembled that of their homelands. — Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026