INCOMERS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

incomers

noun

plural of incomer, chiefly British

as in immigrants

one that leaves one place to settle in another a steady stream of incomers to Australia from all parts of the Commonwealth

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Noun

The hospital is 2½ hours from the nearest big city, Bismarck, North Dakota, where immigrants fly in and are picked up by hospital staff for the drive down to Hettinger.

— Evelio Contreras, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
So would Hilton at least be an advocate for undocumented immigrants?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of immigrants

Noun

Coast Guard personnel were intercepting migrants crossing the Rio Grande while working with other federal agencies when the initial gunshots came from the Mexican side of the border.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
All the passengers were migrants who paid smugglers to take them from the Bahamas to South Florida, Homeland Security Investigations agents said.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of migrants

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California’s system of water law dates back to the Gold Rush, when the state government promoted the extermination of Native people to make way for white settlers.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
The homeowner, Mahmoud Tubasi, told the AP that the soldiers initially brought him to his home but rioting settlers forced him to leave with his family in a military vehicle.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of settlers

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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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