adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
US:/kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪst/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:K AH0 L OW1 N IY0 AH0 L IH0 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to colonialism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: colonialistic
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
One who supports or advocates colonialism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a believer in colonialism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: believer, truster
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colonial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English colonialist From colonial + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
اِسْتِعْمَارِي
(istiʕmārī)
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Catalan:
colonialista
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Esperanto:
koloniisma
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Finnish:
kolonialistinen
— of or pertaining to colonialism
French:
colonialiste
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Georgian:
კოლონიალისტური
(ḳolonialisṭuri)
— of or pertaining to colonialism
German:
kolonialistisch
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Greek:
αποικιοκρατικός
(apoikiokratikós)
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Hindi:
उपनिवेशवादी
(upniveśvādī)
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Italian:
colonialista
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Italian:
colonialistico
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Polish:
kolonialistyczny
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Polish:
kolonialny
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Portuguese:
colonialista
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Spanish:
colonialista
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Turkish:
sömürgeci
— of or pertaining to colonialism
Azerbaijani:
müstəmləkəçi
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Catalan:
colonialista
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Chinese Cantonese:
殖民者
(zik6 man4 ze2)
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Chinese:
殖民者
(zh-min-nan)
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Chinese Mandarin:
殖民者
(zhímínzhě)
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Esperanto:
koloniisto (cf. koloniano, koloniulo)
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Esperanto:
koloniistino
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Estonian:
kolonialist
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Finnish:
kolonialisti
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
French:
colonialiste
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Georgian:
კოლონიალისტი
(ḳolonialisṭi)
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
German:
Kolonialist
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
German:
Kolonialistin
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Hindi:
उपनिवेशवादी
(upniveśvādī)
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Italian:
colonialista
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Persian:
استعمارگر
(este'mârgar)
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Polish:
kolonialista
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Polish:
kolonialistka
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Portuguese:
colonialista
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Russian:
колониза́тор
(kolonizátor)
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Spanish:
colonialista
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Turkish:
sömürgeci
— one who supports or advocates colonialism
Ukrainian:
колоніза́тор
(kolonizátor)
— one who supports or advocates colonialism