IN-MIGRANTS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

in-migrants

noun

plural of in-migrant

as in immigrants

one that leaves one place to settle in another the recent flood of in-migrants has completely altered the state's cultural and political landscape

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Noun

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

Definition of immigrants

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At the height of the border crisis, Hartman said agents sometimes encountered groups of up to 70 migrants moving through the underground maze.

— Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
The foreign minister told me that in the southern Mexican city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, about 140 miles from the nearest Mexico-Guatemala border crossing, a tractor-trailer had crashed while carrying more than 160 Guatemalan migrants.

— Ken Salazar, Time, 20 July 2026

Definition of migrants

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The settlers were ordered to shoot-to-kill at anyone—armed or unarmed, man or woman—who crossed the plough line.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
The reboot’s creative team worked with Osage scholar and consultant Robert Warrior to draw inspiration for the characters of William Mitchell and his wife, White Sun, from 19 Osage families who lived in Kansas at the time settlers arrived.

— Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026

Definition of settlers

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González has witnessed the ties between Mexico and its emigrants abroad evolve over four decades, starting as a young consular officer in the administration of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

— Alfredo Corchado, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
The book looked at the world of a swath of Irish women emigrants who were deemed troublemakers, highlighting that for a period of time, Irish women outnumbered Irish men in prison.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026

Definition of emigrants

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