colony
Bees live together
A colony is a territory controlled by a distant country, with settlers or administrators sent to govern it: Britain's American colonies declared independence in 1776.
The word extends to groups of organisms living together—a colony of ants, a colony of bacteria, a leper colony.
Artists or writers may form colonies, gathering in a shared location to work.
Animal-built shelter for young
- hiveBee dwelling structure
- swarmMass of moving insects
- rookeryCommunal bird nesting site
- warrenInterconnected underground tunnels
burrow · den · breeding ground · termite mound · coral reef · bacterial culture · microbiome · population
Those who establish homes
- outpostRemote military station
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- frontierEdge of settlement
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
pilgrims · founding · establishment · plantation · enclave · township · charter · emigration
Shared-living community
- collectiveJointly organized group
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- utopianImpractically perfect in conception
- intentional communityPlanned values-based residential collective
kibbutz · fellowship · communal · shared · solidarity · self-sufficient · retreat · enclave
Domain under unified control
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- dominionAuthority to rule
- protectorateGuarded semi-autonomous territory
imperialism · sovereignty · hegemony · mandate · trusteeship · dependency · suzerainty · possession
State for public good
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- dominionAuthority to rule
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- provinceRegional administrative district
possession · self-governance · legislature · autonomy · representation · taxation · rebellion · independence
nest
Animal-built shelter for young
warren · burrow · den · breeding ground · termite mound · coral reef · bacterial culture · microbiome · population · brood
settlers
Those who establish homes
pioneers · pilgrims · founding · establishment · plantation · enclave · township · charter · emigration · immigration
commune
Shared-living community
- collectiveJointly organized group
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- utopianImpractically perfect in conception
intentional community · kibbutz · fellowship · communal · shared · solidarity · self-sufficient · retreat · enclave · residents
empire
Domain under unified control
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- annexationAbsorbing territory into jurisdiction
- dominionAuthority to rule
protectorate · imperialism · sovereignty · hegemony · mandate · trusteeship · dependency · suzerainty · possession · exploitation
commonwealth
State for public good
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- dominionAuthority to rule
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
province · possession · self-governance · legislature · autonomy · representation · taxation · rebellion · independence · mother country
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- collective nounsflock, herd, school, pack, swarm
- coloniesPlymouth, Jamestown, British India, Dutch East Indies, French Indochina
- remote settlementsoutpost, wilderness outpost, trading post, frontier town, hamlet
- territoriesprovince, state, region, country, dominion
colonyindependence
Freedom from external control
sovereign nation · free state · republic · self-determination · nation-state
colonyempire
Domain under unified control
imperial power · metropole · mother country · colonial power · colonizer
colonyhomeland
One's native land
native land · motherland · home country · fatherland · ancestral home
- ant colonySocial insect community
- French coloniesLands under Parisian rule
- English coloniesCrown territories in America
- ant coloniesOrganized insect communities underground
- English colonistsBritish immigrants to America
- colonial war
colonial, colon, colonist, colonize, colonies, colonnade, colonization, colonialism, colonists