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

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 hectares of oil palm plantations owned by local residents have been destroyed. — ABC News, 10 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

Matchstick-dry pine plantations in Gironde, France generated what is believed to be that country’s first-ever pyroCb just last week. — John Vaillant, Time, 8 Aug. 2026

For years, Florida environmental groups accused the family’s operations south of Lake Okeechobee of contributing phosphorus pollution to the Everglades, while critics questioned labor conditions on Dominican Republic plantations. — Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026

These snakes often inhabit plantations, forests, and land near settlements. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026

While Morgan was pursuing his investigations, stories of psychedelic cane toad use began surfacing in Australia, of all places, where the animals had been introduced in the 1930s to control pests on plantations. — Kimon De Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026

Colonial powers reshaped many atolls, removing native forests to plant fast-growing coconut palm plantations. — NPR, 3 Aug. 2026