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

Tourists take photos at a viewing platform overlooking coffee plantations on June 4, 2026 in Baoshan, Yunnan Province of China. — Matthew Tan,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

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

After the end of sugar, the old plantations had begun leasing their fallow cane lands to Big Ag companies, such as Dow, Pioneer, and Brun’s Syngenta, which took advantage of lax regulations to conduct experimental GMO and pesticide testing. — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Agriculture has industrialized and scaled up; fast-growing tree plantations have spread. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

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

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