Synonyms of plantations

plantations

noun

plural of plantation

as in colonies

a settlement in a new country or region

the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• colonies
• outposts
• camps
• territories
• habitations
• possessions
• dependencies
• mandates
• diasporas
• protectorates
• posts
• exclaves

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plantations

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

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

The beginnings of modern Miami Early American settlers attempted to establish plantations along the Miami River, though many failed to prosper. — Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Starting in the seventeenth century, Spanish colonists enslaved Africans and brought them to the coffee and cocoa plantations that were concentrated in the area. — Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

Instead, Reynolds observes that these sober men bore little resemblance to the roistering patriarchs of the remote plantations. — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

About 12 million Africans were forcefully taken by traders from European nations from the 16th to the 19th century and enslaved on plantations that built wealth at the price of misery. — ABC News, 19 June 2026

Formerly privately owned and the site of two plantations, the land is now managed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 June 2026