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Defenition of the word settlement

    • Defenition of the word settlement

      • An area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government.
      • the act of colonizing
      • a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland
      • terminating a business operation
      • a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
      • an area where a group of families live together
      • something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "the finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"
      • a community of people smaller than a town
      • termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
      • the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America"
      • something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "the finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
      • a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state''s system of government
      • the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
      • something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
      • a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

    Synonyms for the word settlement

      • agreement
      • arrangement
      • clearance
      • clearing
      • colonisation
      • colonization
      • colony
      • commune
      • community
      • completion
      • conclusion
      • decision
      • defrayal
      • hamlet
      • liquidation
      • neighborhood
      • payment
      • reimbursement
      • resolution
      • small town
      • suburb
      • town
      • village

    Similar words in the settlement

      • settlement
      • settlement's
      • settlements

    Meronymys for the word settlement

      • colonial

    Hyponyms for the word settlement

      • accommodation
      • accord and satisfaction
      • Calpe
      • conclusion
      • Demerara
      • frontier settlement
      • Gibraltar
      • hamlet
      • moshav
      • New Amsterdam
      • out-of-court settlement
      • outpost
      • Plantation
      • Plymouth Colony
      • population
      • property settlement
      • proprietary colony
      • Rock of Gibraltar
      • viatical settlement
      • viaticus settlement
      • village

    Hypernyms for the word settlement

      • agreement
      • body
      • community
      • conclusion
      • constitution
      • deciding
      • decision making
      • ending
      • establishment
      • formation
      • geographic area
      • geographic region
      • geographical area
      • geographical region
      • organisation
      • organization
      • termination
      • understanding

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