colonist
nounHow many syllables in colonist?
There are 3 syllables in the word colonist.How to pronounce colonist:
Definition of colonist:
- colonist (noun):
- a settler in or inhabitant of a colony
- a member or inhabitant of a colony (see colony sense 1)
- a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country.
- a person who migrates to and settles in a foreign area as part of a colony
Synonyms for colonist:
colonial
colonizer
frontiersman
frontiersman or frontierswoman
homesteader
immigrant
migrant
migrator
pilgrim
pilgrim father
pioneer
settler
sourdough
squatter
Antonyms for colonist:
citizen
emigrant
immigrant
local
national
nationalist
native
nonimmigrant
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