IMMIGRANT Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈi-mə-grənt

Definition of immigrant

as in migrant

one that leaves one place to settle in another America was founded by immigrants and they have been its lifeblood ever since

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adjective

as in expatriate

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That contradiction is harder to overlook in Lee’s latest tale of immigrant striving, American Hagwon. — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026 From an honorary Founding Father to an enterprising immigrant, the meaning of Columbus to the Americas is diverse and ever-changing. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026

Adjective

The son of Egyptian immigrant parents, El-Sayed has discussed how his Muslim faith influences his values. — Susan Page, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 Naturally, your mind might wander to New York City, the city that put the culinary export on the map, thanks to the waves of Italian immigrant communities who arrived in the early 20th century. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for immigrant

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While the birds that left early numbered in the thousands, the number of migrants in late September becomes millions.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 20 Sep. 2026
The integration of migrants, particularly those from Muslim-majority countries, remains contentious in Italian politics and society.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of migrant

Adjective

This is a team assembled from immigration, diaspora, and expatriate ambition, coached by an outsider who can see what insiders missed.

— Michael Morris, Time, 1 July 2026
The Stoli Group is run by Russian expatriate billionaire Yuri Shefler, who also lives in Switzerland.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

Definition of expatriate

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

Adjective

McGovern lost, Obama won—but Obama won the presidency without transforming the Democratic foreign-policy class.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
In other words, Yemen and the Houthis may seem like yet another distant problem to Americans, many of whom are understandably fatigued by foreign interventions, and struggling with a spiraling cost of living.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of foreign

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The Samaria regional council said the killed man, Netanel Shakron, was a settler who had been bathing at a spring ahead of Yom Kippur.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
According to the Burke Museum, passenger pigeons were once the most abundant bird in North America, numbering in the billions and accounting for close to 40% of the continent’s land birds when European settlers arrived in the 19th century.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of settler

Adjective

The space baby is successfully born, and the two Uhuras are transported to the bridge of the Enterprise and thanked by the alien midwives.

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Sounds Some Omnitrix replicas produce sound effects inspired by the device on the show and ones similar to Ben Tennyson’s alien forms.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of alien

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

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