colonized

Meanings

Verb

• settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world
  • "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"
• settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
  • "The British colonized the East Coast"
• simple past and past participle of colonize

Adjective Satellite

• inhabited by colonists

Synonyms

colonise, colonised, colonize, settled

Antonyms

decolonise, decolonize