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settled
PRIMARY MEANINGS OF:
settled
1
adj
established in a desired position or place; not moving about
2
adj
not changeable
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: settled
1
adj
established in a desired position or place; not moving about
“nomads...absorbed among the
settled
people”
“
settled
areas”
“I don't feel entirely
settled
here”
“the advent of
settled
civilization”
Synonyms
based
having a base of operations (often used as a combining form)
built-up
peopled with settlers
located
,
placed
,
set
,
situated
situated in a particular spot or position
nonnomadic
not nomadic or wandering
relocated
,
resettled
settled in a new location
Antonyms:
unsettled
not settled or established
aimless
,
drifting
,
floating
,
vagabond
,
vagrant
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
erratic
,
planetary
,
wandering
having no fixed course
homeless
,
stateless
without nationality or citizenship
migrant
,
migratory
habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work
mobile
,
nomadic
,
peregrine
,
roving
,
wandering
migratory
peripatetic
,
wayfaring
traveling especially on foot
itinerant
traveling from place to place to work
rootless
,
vagabond
wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
unlocated
lacking a particular location
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adj
inhabited by colonists
Synonyms:
colonised
,
colonized
inhabited
having inhabitants; lived in
2
adj
not changeable
“a period of
settled
weather”
Synonyms
calm
(of weather) free from storm or wind
adj
established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
“with details of the wedding
settled
she could now sleep at night”
Synonyms
accomplished
,
effected
,
established
settled securely and unconditionally
appointed
,
decreed
,
ordained
,
prescribed
fixed or established especially by order or command
determined
,
dictated
,
set
determined or decided upon as by an authority
deterministic
an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes
firm
not subject to revision or change
preconcerted
previously arranged or agreed on
Antonyms:
unsettled
still in doubt
doubtful
,
tentative
unsettled in mind or opinion
open
,
undecided
,
undetermined
,
unresolved
not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
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