Synonyms of immigrants

immigrants

noun

plural of immigrant

as in migrants

one that leaves one place to settle in another

America was founded by immigrants and they have been its lifeblood ever since

Synonyms & Similar Words

• migrants
• emigrants
• settlers
• refugees
• émigrés
• foreigners
• aliens
• incomers
• in-migrants
• colonists
• out-migrants
• pilgrims
• expatriates
• deportees
• pioneers
• evacuees
• repatriates
• noncitizens
• newcomers
• defectors
• exiles
• relocatees
• squatters
• nonnatives
• migrators
• trekkers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• natives
• citizens
• residents
• nonimmigrants
• inhabitants
• nationals
• aborigines
• habitants

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of immigrants

About 20 years ago, Hazleton passed the controversial Illegal Immigration Relief Act, which withheld permits from businesses employing undocumented immigrants and fined landlords who rented to them. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026

The state also has policies to prevent federal authorities from accessing motor vehicle and driver's license records of immigrants without a court order or search warrant. — Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026

The country’s current immigration policies are controlled by people who believe that the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which ended exclusionary quotas against non-European immigrants including South Asians, needs to be rolled back. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026

And here’s the twist — MAGA is right; immigrants are complicated. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Since January 2025, the secretary said, his department has brought nearly 15,000 detainers in New York for immigrants the administration calls criminals. — Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026

These judges are far less likely to release immigrants on bond or parole, keeping them trapped in what detainees and advocates say are substandard conditions. — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026