of, concerning, or pertaining to a colony or colonies

the colonial policies of France.

of, concerning, or pertaining to colonialism; colonialistic.

( often initial capital letter ) pertaining to the 13 British colonies that became the United States of America, or to their period.

Ecology . forming a colony.

( initial capital letter ) Architecture, Furniture .

noting or pertaining to the styles of architecture, ornament, and furnishings of the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries, mainly adapted to local materials and demands from prevailing English styles.

noting or pertaining to various imitations of the work of American colonial artisans.

an inhabitant of a colony.

a house in or imitative of the Colonial style.

adjective

modern , new

adjective

crude , dependent , dominion , early american , emigrant , frontier , immigrant , new , outland , pilgrim , pioneer , prerevolutionary , primitive , provincial , puritan , territorial , transplanted , uncultured , unsettled , unsophisticated , wild , pioneering