old colony

Questions about old colony

What is another word for old colony?

It depends which old colony you mean. In the sense “a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies”, the synonyms are Massachusetts, Bay State, MA, Mass.. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of old colony?

WordNet records no antonym for old colony. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for old colony come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of old colony

• Full entry for old colonyAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for old colonyWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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