Synonyms of the word

village

• n. A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
• n. (Britain) A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
• n. (Australia) A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.

community

• n. A group sharing a common understanding and often the same language, manners, tradition and law. See civilization.
• n. A commune, or residential or religious collective.
• n. The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
• n. (ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
• n. (Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for social, professional, educational or…
• n. (obsolete) Common possession or enjoyment; participation.
• n. (obsolete) common character; likeness.
• n. (obsolete) commonness; frequency.

hamlet

• n. A small village or a group of houses.
• n. (Britain) A village that does not have its own church.
• n. Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.

settlement

• n. The act of settling.
• n. The state of being settled.
• n. A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
• n. A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.
• n. (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
• n. (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed…
• n. (law) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
• n. (law) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
• n. (law) A resolution of a dispute.