colonies
Definitions
Noun
- A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
- A group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
- One of the 13 british colonies that formed the original states of the united states
- A place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
- A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
- (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "colonies".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | countries | 2 | 151 |
| 2 | kennedy's | 3 | 26 |
| 3 | committees | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | country's | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | accessories | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | economies | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | academies | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | currencies | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | comedies | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | committee's | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | crosby's | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | cavities | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | colony's | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | academy's | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | accuracies | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | calvaries | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | canaries | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | canilles | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | caseze's | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | cassidy's | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | cassini's | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | cassoni's | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | christie's | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | christies | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | christy's | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | clancy's | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | comedy's | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | comegys | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | committees' | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | connally's | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | connelly's | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | countries' | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | courtesies | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | cruelties | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | currencies' | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | currency's | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | economy's | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | kaposi's | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | keegali's | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | kennedys | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | kennedys' | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | khatami's | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | kigale's | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | kigali's | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | kingsley's | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | kinsley's | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | krispies | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | kristi's | 2 | 0 |
| 49 | kumouri's | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | kuwaitis | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | quincy's | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "colonies".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | colonel | 2 | 37 |
| 2 | cologne | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | cookies | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | colonel's | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | cronies | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | colonels | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | colonized | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | colonists | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | colonials | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | colonus | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | colonizers | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | colonize | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | colonist | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | coones | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | clones | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | colonizer | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | moonies | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | colonia | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | collies | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | clones' | 1 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "colonies" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | colonies to | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "colonies" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "colonies" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | commonwealth | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | overseas | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | imperial | 4 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 51
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 3
Consonant Matches: 3
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
Commentary: 250 years? California was already going strong when the 13 colonies got their act together
Jul 2, 2026 Los Angeles Times
Jul 2, 2026 Los Angeles Times
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