Another word for colonial
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Modifier
Concerning a colony
- Being in a position or in circumstances that place one under the power or authority of another or others:
- Prone; disposed:
- Likely to incur or receive; exposed:
- Of, relating to, or between England and India.
- A person of English and Indian ancestry.
- A person of English birth or ancestry living in India.
- Control or the exercise of control; sovereignty:
- A territory or sphere of influence or control; a realm.
- A self-governing nation under the nominal rule of the British monarch.
- A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 1500s and 1600s advocated strict religious discipline along with simplification of the ceremonies and creeds of the Church of England.
- A person who is very strict or austere in religious practice or moral outlook, especially someone who regards pleasure or luxury as sinful.
- Of or relating to the Puritans or Puritanism.
- Of or pertaining to a protector; protectorial.
- Beyond the sea; abroad.
- Of, relating to, originating in, or situated in countries across the sea.
- of or characteristic of the early, especially the Colonial, period of U.S. history; specif., of a plain or sturdy style in furniture, arts, and crafts of this period
- One's female child.
- A female descendant.
- A woman considered as if in a relationship of child to parent:
- involving new ideas or methods
- Present participle of pioneer.
- activity of pioneering
- A foreign land.
- The outlying areas of a country; the provinces.
- Of or relating to the geographic area under a given jurisdiction:
- Relating or restricted to a particular territory; regional:
- Of or relating to an administrative territory:
- A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another.
- An organism that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
- Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.
- One that emigrates.
- Of or relating to emigrants or the act of emigrating.
- A religious devotee who journeys to a shrine or sacred place.
- A person who travels, especially to foreign lands or to a place of great personal importance.
- One of the English Separatists who founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620.
- of, or relating to imperialism
- An advocate of imperialism.
- Of, relating to, or suggestive of an empire or a sovereign, especially an emperor or empress:
- Ruling over extensive territories or over colonies or dependencies:
- Having supreme authority; sovereign.
- An international border.
- The area along an international border.
- A region just beyond or at the edge of a settled area.
- Of or relating to a province.
- Of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophisticated:
- Limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered.
- Comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.
- Simple past tense and past participle of settle.
- simple past tense and past participle of transplant
- simple past tense and past participle of plant
- Determined, influenced, or controlled by something else.
- Subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word.
- Relying on or requiring the aid or support of another:
- Far from others or difficult to get to; remote:
- Occasional or rare:
- Characterized by little social contact:
- One who ventures into unknown or unclaimed territory to settle.
- One who opens up new areas of thought, research, or development:
- A soldier who performs construction and demolition work in the field to facilitate troop movements.
Having qualities suggestive of colonial life
- Not sophisticated.
- Having been made or come into being only a short time ago; recent:
- Still fresh:
- Never used or worn before now:
- Not cultured or cultivated:
- Confined or restricted within certain limits:
- Not attaining the highest goals or achievement:
- Having only mediocre talent or range of ability:
- Not in a state of order or calmness; disturbed:
- Likely to change or vary; variable:
- Not determined or resolved:
- Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed:
- Not inhabited or farmed:
- Uncivilized or barbarous.
- Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:
- Disagreeable to the sense of sight:
- Unpleasantly coarse and rough to the touch:
- Being in an unrefined or natural state:
- Lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive:
- Lacking in sophistication or subtlety; simplistic:
- Uncooked:
- Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined:
- Not finished, covered, or coated:
- Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid:
- Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment:
- Requiring great effort or endurance:
- One who ventures into unknown or unclaimed territory to settle.
- One who opens up new areas of thought, research, or development:
- A soldier who performs construction and demolition work in the field to facilitate troop movements.
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