ESCAPER Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

escaper

noun

Definition of escaper

as in refugee

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Noun

His memoir, released Tuesday, details his early life fleeing Vietnam with his father, time in refugee camps, his life as a child actor and his triumphant return to the screen.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
In a matter of days, at least a hundred thousand people had been displaced by the fighting, the United Nations refugee agency said.

— Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of refugee

Noun

In the Northeast, visitors discover a corridor where centuries of history, untamed coastlines, and cosmopolitan energy intertwine.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
With a lot of Big Sur shut down and inaccessible from the south, and only days from the end of a mandatory evacuation, many visitors assumed the place was closed — even though Nepenthe kept its website updated throughout.

— David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of visitor

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She has been banned from traveling abroad since 2009 and is unable to join her husband and two children who live in exile in France.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
She has been banned from traveling abroad since 2009, and is unable to join her husband and two children who live in exile in France.

— Amir-Hussein Radjy, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of exile

Noun

And then finally commission a showstopping Instagram moment that will act as a must-see grail of a New York visit scavenger hunt for tourists.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
For many, the little treat brings back memories of romantic summer evenings (even if some are put off by the long lines of tourists at Luini’s today).

— Emma Bocchi, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of tourist

Noun

Baksheng leaves behind a family and then creates a new one with other Teochew emigrants at an inn run by a feminist daughter, Zia Lamgi (Li Sitong) who dodges a revolving door of suitors.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026

Definition of emigrant

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South Korean research has documented possible signs of radiation exposure in defectors from North Korea who lived near the test site, but scientists said the cause remains unclear.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2026
But the new work found that if the rewards change with time (even by a small amount), then a second stable point emerges from the model, allowing both cooperators and defectors to coexist.

— Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of defector

Noun

First published by Scribner in 1926, The Sun Also Rises follows American journalist Jake Barnes and a circle of expatriates traveling from Paris to Pamplona in the years following the First World War.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
More than 30,000 expatriates had registered with Fly&Vote, an initiative helping Israelis arrange election travel, which has already secured seven dedicated flights to Israel.

— Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of expatriate

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