TOWNEES Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

townees

noun

plural of townee, chiefly British

as in villagers

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Noun

Suharyanto, who like many Indonesians uses a single name, said the quake flattened at least 157 houses and damaged nearly 200 more, forcing about 2,000 villagers to abandon their homes and move to temporary shelters.

— Yacob Herin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Rescuers were still searching for villagers feared buried beneath landslides triggered by the quake across six regencies on Flores, a predominantly Catholic island in Muslim-majority Indonesia.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of villagers

Noun

Like the yeoman boys are out in the barn, half-naked, working out, buffing up and wearing animal heads and preparing for some kind of an inchoate battle with the burghers.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
These works, painted by artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Ferdinand Bol, and Bartholomeus van der Helst, depict the powerful merchant-burghers who shaped the political and social fabric of Golden Age Amsterdam.

— Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

Definition of burghers

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What happened to the colonists remains unknown, but archaeological finds—including otherwise anachronistic English artifacts on Hatteras Island—give some support to White’s theory that at least some of the colonists relocated willingly.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Like much of the valley, Gilroy stands on land that was first occupied by the native Amah Mutsun, then taken over by Spanish colonists and later became Mexico.

— Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

Definition of colonists

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Liberia’s Justice Minister Natu Oswald Tweh said at Tuesday’s briefing that the country has screened the list of migrants ahead of their arrival.

— Mark Mengonfia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
On May 12, an employee at a Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, Texas, discovered six migrants dead inside a boxcar.

— Luke Barr, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of migrants

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The first visited Kawajima and Kawagoe, where locals are finding the secret sauce for sustainable tourism.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Be sure to check ticket options carefully — many gardens offer discounts for students, seniors, locals and other categories of visitors.

— The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of locals

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But concerns about Israel’s ability and willingness to rein in the settlers remain even among evangelicals, who are among the staunchest Christian supporters of Israel.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Itamar Weil, an Israeli human rights activist from the group Bnei Avraham, said the army had threatened to use tear gas against the activists and forced them to leave, even as settlers remained in the valley below Qusra.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of settlers

Noun

Some have been stranded in third countries since Washington suspended its refugee admissions program in January 2025 and subsequently imposed sweeping restrictions on the entry of Afghan nationals.

— Rina Amiri, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026
The Cultural Heritage Protection Unit of the Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, found the works in an apartment in Parma; nine Moldovan nationals have since been placed under investigation.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026

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