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

Scholarly writing about slavery in the Americas—which has mostly centered on Black enslavement—has emphasized its economic value in building plantations, wealth, and American capitalism. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Humans are usually the ones who set off this bomb, through activities such as burning land to prepare it for agriculture and plantations. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Under Spanish rule, able-bodied Malay men, from teenagers to adults, were required to perform 40 days of unpaid annual labor on roads, bridges, churches, forts, piers, plantations, haciendas and mines. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Then the price DROPPED by more than 44% earlier this year due to good weather, new plantations and just overall MORE cocoa supply. — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026

Many let their plantations fall victim to rot; others abandoned cocoa farming altogether. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026

Even though public schooling became compulsory in 1896, the language barrier and the remote location of many plantations led to gaps in access to these laborers’ formal education. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2026

The calls for supernatural aid often consisted of individuals’ attempts to protect themselves and strike back against slave owners under the extreme inequities and traumas of the plantations. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

The largest fire has been reported in the village of Sungai Gelam in the Muaro Jambi district, where dozens of acres of palm oil plantations owned by local residents have been destroyed. — Trisnadi, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026