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

Most of the immigrants charged in California have lived in the country for at least five years, and some of them for decades.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Eisenkot, 66, a son of Moroccan immigrants who became Israel’s top general, grew up in Tiberias and Eilat, outside the country’s centers of political power.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of immigrants

Noun

Both Hungary and Poland have laid down markers on allowing migrants into their nations.

— Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Doing so is not only a matter of altruism; the United States itself will have to grapple with migrants fleeing failing states, pandemics, and the dangers of climate change.

— Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of migrants

Noun

As explored in my recent book, this dialect formed from linguistic variation that came in with colonial-era settlers from different places and stations.

— Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Israeli police have arrested 10 suspects in the occupied West Bank following attacks by Jewish settlers over the weekend in which a US journalist and European diplomats were among those injured.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of settlers

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 emigrants

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