Synonyms of diaspora

diaspora

noun

as in emigration

formal a group of people who live outside the area in which they had lived for a long time or in which their ancestors lived

—usually singular

the art of the African diaspora

Related Words

• emigration
• exodus
• evacuation
• flight
• retirement
• departure
• departing
• withdrawal
• exiting
• quitting
• parting
• decamping
• retreat
• going
• decampment
• leave
• outgo
• exit
• embarkation
• lighting out
• leave-taking
• walking out
• farewell
• egress
• disembarkation
• running away
• embarkment
• forsaking
• relinquishment
• abandonment

Dissimilar Words

• coming
• approach
• entrance
• arrival
• appearance
• ingress
• advent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of diaspora

Nearly 500 days since Italy’s millions-strong diaspora was hit by sweeping changes to the country’s citizenship laws in March 2025, the legal battle for Italian citizenship-by-descent continues. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

The Sabathani Community Center has served as a meeting place for members of the Somali community to discuss issues specific to Minnesota’s Somali diaspora. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2026

Yet today there are galuts within galuts; diasporas within diasporas. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

India eventually became home to one of the largest Tibetan diaspora communities in the world. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026