Thesaurus:settlement

Thesaurus

settlement

English

Noun

Sense: settlement; cluster of abodes

Synonyms

• settlement

Hyponyms

• city    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cytee (obsolete)
• eco-city
• town
• village
• hamlet
• metropolis
• burg

Meronyms

• abode    [⇒ thesaurus]
• alley    [⇒ thesaurus]
• avenue
• building    [⇒ thesaurus]
• house
• hut
• palace
• section of a town    [⇒ thesaurus]
• street    [⇒ thesaurus]
• square
• urban dweller    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• country    [⇒ thesaurus]
• conurbation
• sovereign polity    [⇒ thesaurus]
• state    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• municipality

Further reading

• “settlement” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “settlement” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.