Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > M Synonyms of moluccas Find synonyms for: Noun 1. Moluccas, Spice Islands usage: a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.Definition and meaning of moluccas (Dictionary) ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: umbrage Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language