Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun colonisation
1 sense of colonisation
Sense 1
colonization, colonisation, settlement -- (the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies; "the British colonization of America")
=> constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation -- (the act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club")