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colonialist

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

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  • US: /kəˈloʊ.ni.ə.lɪst/
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  • 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