Colonial
Colonial adjective - Tending to group with others of the same kind.
Wild and colonial are semantically related. in pioneering topic. In some cases you can use "Wild" instead an adjective "Colonial".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The wild colonial boys Jack, Dan, Conrad and Captain Gunpowder are determined to keep ahead of the troopers or wind up at the end of a noose.Wild Boys contains examples of: Bad Habits: The bush ranger Captain Moonlight masquerades as Preacher Scott.
Source: Series / Wild Boys - In The Future Is Wild, the ocean phantom is a colonial jellyfish-relative that drifts on the surface, using tall flaps of tissue to catch the wind and sail from place to place.
Source: Bizarre Alien Locomotion -
Suspiciously Apropos Music: The village men welcome Sean by singing "Wild Colonial Boy." Just as they get to the verse where the song's protagonist robs the local squireen, who should walk in but squire "Red" Will Danaher, who was "robbed" of White O' Morn by Sean.
Source: Film / The Quiet Man
Cite this Source
Wild and Colonial. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/colonial/wild
Colonial & Wild. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/colonial/wild>.
Wild or Colonial. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/colonial/wild.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "colonial" and "wild" have occurred on timeline