migrants

noun

plural of migrant
as in immigrants
one that leaves one place to settle in another we traced our family history back to migrants who came to this country seeking a better life for themselves

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Recent Examples of migrants Many of the migrants were already in the process of getting a visa. — October 26, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026 The exercise has already disproportionately disenfranchised the poor, migrants, religious minorities, women—and is bound to continue doing so. — Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026 Public sentiment toward refugees and migrants has also hardened elsewhere, creating a crisis for nonprofit aid groups. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 In June, thousands of migrants mainly from Malawi gathered at a park in the city seeking to be repatriated to their home country. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 Obama removed slightly fewer than 380,000 migrants a year during his second term. — Ted Hesson, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026 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 The 1996 shootdown Brothers to the Rescue was founded to search for Cuban migrants stranded in the Florida Straits. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for migrants
  1. immigrants
  2. settlers
  3. refugees
  4. emigrants
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
  • Viewers will learn about the fragile alliance between the English settlers and the Wampanoag people, and the conflict that set the stage for the earliest foundations of American identity, according to FOX Nation.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Before settlers came, a few species of native roses grew in the nation, and here in Illinois.
    — Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of settlers
Noun
  • Public sentiment toward refugees and migrants has also hardened elsewhere, creating a crisis for nonprofit aid groups.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The dire economic conditions resulted in one in four Venezuelans, nearly 8 million people, fleeing the country as refugees, creating a massive migration crisis across the Americas.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of refugees
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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“Migrants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/migrants. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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