as in to inhabit
to supply with inhabitants
believes that someday humans will be sent to colonize Mars
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of colonize
Greenland, which became self-governed in 2009, was colonized by Denmark some 300 years ago and still controls Greenland’s foreign and defense policies.
—
Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
One expendable named Mickey (Robert Pattinson) is part of a mission to colonize a distant planet, under the authority of a sleazily predatory and demagogic politician, Kenneth Marshall (Mark Ruffalo).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
Mark Ruffalo’s Kenneth Marshall character, a flamboyant and flailing politician leading the sci-fi film’s space expedition toward colonizing an ice planet, has distinctly Trumpian qualities in the way his thin skin manifests itself.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
Starting four years into the mission to colonize another planet, the film opens on Niflheim, where Mickey 17 is left for dead in an icy cavern, abandoned by Timo (Steven Yeun), the same pal who got him into this fix in the first place.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for colonize
Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
One expendable named Mickey (Robert Pattinson) is part of a mission to colonize a distant planet, under the authority of a sleazily predatory and demagogic politician, Kenneth Marshall (Mark Ruffalo).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
Mark Ruffalo’s Kenneth Marshall character, a flamboyant and flailing politician leading the sci-fi film’s space expedition toward colonizing an ice planet, has distinctly Trumpian qualities in the way his thin skin manifests itself.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
Starting four years into the mission to colonize another planet, the film opens on Niflheim, where Mickey 17 is left for dead in an icy cavern, abandoned by Timo (Steven Yeun), the same pal who got him into this fix in the first place.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for colonize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colonize
Verb
-
The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
-
But the expansive universe these characters inhabit led to encounters with plenty of additional hobbit characters, played by the likes of Andy Serkis, Ian Holm, and Sarah McLeod.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
-
In contrast to the precision timepieces that populate it, The Clock keeps time in aggregate while syncopating time from moment to moment.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
-
This was the latest in a series of flights populating the NRO's constellation of low-Earth orbit reconnaissance satellites.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
-
By Meaghan Garvey February 13, 2025 Image by Chris Panicker, photo by Chris Weeks/WireImage Know that all of Nature is but a magic theater, that the great Mother is the master magician, and that this whole world is peopled by her many parts.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2025
-
Indeed, Gabet was moved to learn from his one of his curators that the artisans who created 17th-century tapestries meticulously tweaked weaving techniques to demarcate the various fabrics worn by those peopling the vast scenes.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
3 Sep. 2019
Cite this Entry
“Colonize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colonize. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share