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

The grim circumstances have since continued, according to the accounts of five immigrants detained there, their lawyers and loved ones. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

Sales from the thrift store are donated directly to widows, immigrants and refugees in the Sacramento area and internationally. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

The Adelanto facility has for years faced scrutiny about conditions and the treatment of immigrants inside. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2026

Those operations were also generally reserved for immigrants considered public-safety threats or those with serious criminal convictions, former officials said. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 July 2026

The movies were once a working- and middle-class pleasure—cheap Nickelodeon theaters sprung up in the early 1900s in cities dense with immigrants. — Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

Federal authorities have subjected record numbers of immigrants to mandatory detention, including in inhuman and degrading conditions, while gutting internal oversight mechanisms. — Minky Worden, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Families were mourning two immigrants fatally shot by federal officers in the past 10 days. — David Nakamura, Washington Post, 17 July 2026

Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation, a local nonprofit supporting immigrants in Kansas City, said Thursday that a manager at La Fontanella was told that agents brought a search warrant but that no witnesses or employees saw a copy. — Ilana Arougheti july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026