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

Set the scene Banana plantations, fields of maize and roadside villages line the road up to Kibale Lodge, which sits at 1,430 metres overlooking hills, lakes and terraces in the Great Lakes region. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2026

Additionally, Doerr told CNBC Europe has been shaped by thousands of years of agriculture and human activity, with many forests now consisting of dense conifer plantations that are more prone to wildfires. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 27 July 2026

Sugarcane plantations had stripped down the landscape, once stewarded under the Native Hawaiians’ ahupua‘a land management system, and then businesses abandoned agriculture to move toward tourism. — Angus Chen, STAT, 22 July 2026

Centuries ago, enslaved people often worked with horses and other livestock on plantations. — Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Midwest Living, 19 July 2026

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