Synonyms of colonizers

colonizers

noun

plural of colonizer

as in settlers

a person who settles in a new region

the first colonizers of Easter Island must have faced untold challenges

Synonyms & Similar Words

• settlers
• pioneers
• colonists
• colonials
• homesteaders
• frontiersmen
• explorers
• pathfinders
• woodsmen
• mountain men
• trailblazers
• bushrangers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of colonizers

Following the apple’s arrival with European colonizers, however, some apple maggot populations shifted to the new host plant. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

The state also has a Mediterranean climate where invasive grasses, originally imported by European colonizers and their farm animals, flourish madly after winter rains and then die back during rainless summers. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

This kite, like all Palestinians, suddenly became an existential threat to the colonizers. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

The Guarani, which now number roughly 85,000 in Brazil, were among the Indigenous peoples first encountered by Portuguese colonizers in the 1500s. — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2026

Built in 1610 by Spanish and Indigenous laborers, the church was destroyed in the 1680 Pueblo Revolt that drove Spanish colonizers out of the region for 12 years. — Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Smallpox began decimating Indigenous populations shortly after European colonizers arrived in the Americas during the late 15th century. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

Co-founder and tour guide Hannah Michelle Brower says the tour will be a historical journey exploring passenger pigeons and the Lenape people, as well as looking at how the arrival of European colonizers accelerated commercial exploitation and ultimately contributed to the extinction of the bird. — Terra Sullivan, CBS News, 29 June 2026

Dark visions and secrets quickly come to light, as Mārama grapples with her heritage in the shadow of colonizers. — William Earl, Variety, 26 June 2026