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

Dozens of airport workers, labor organizers and community leaders gathered at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Friday as work permits were coming to an end for thousands of Haitian immigrants in South Florida. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026

Simpson’s moves may be out of lockstep with state Republican lawmakers, who this year introduced scores of bills aiming to crack down on immigration and the people who hire some immigrants. — Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026

On top of these Medicaid changes, the Administration’s crackdown on immigrants, including those living and working legally in the US, has worsened a serious shortage of direct care workers. — Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 10 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

The administration wanted to claim the opposite to create a legal basis for deporting Venezuelan immigrants. — Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

In 2021, Gámez and his family joined a record number of immigrants who headed north to the United States during the Biden administration. — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 10 July 2026

But there are Latinos, and immigrants from Europe and Africa. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 4 July 2026

But insanity is a condition of the American Dream, which immigrants’ children are known to take literally, and to the bank. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026