Synonyms of homesteader

homesteader

noun

as in pioneer

a person who settles in a new region

in the 1800s homesteaders in search of cheap land and a new life headed to the West in droves

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pioneer
• settler
• colonist
• frontiersman
• colonial
• colonizer
• explorer
• woodsman
• pathfinder
• mountain man
• bushranger
• trailblazer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of homesteader

The group located what appeared to be some foundational stones of a building where a descendant of the homesteaders said the blacksmith shop once stood. — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 13 Aug. 2026

Lindsey Chastain is a gardening expert, homesteader, and blogger at Waddle and Cluck. — Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 8 Aug. 2026

Haushofer’s The Wall prompts readers to reflect on this question as an unnamed protagonist becomes a forced—though not unhappy—homesteader, cutoff from society by an invisible barrier. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 July 2026

In the mid-19th century, a family of Dutch-Afrikaans homesteaders sets out to cross the inhospitable terrain of the Kalahari Desert along with their backer, a boorish Brit whose avarice and bigotry loom large over the journey. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 July 2026