Synonyms of migrants

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• immigrants
• settlers
• refugees
• emigrants
• émigrés
• incomers
• in-migrants
• foreigners
• out-migrants
• aliens
• colonists
• deportees
• expatriates
• pilgrims
• repatriates
• evacuees
• defectors
• noncitizens
• pioneers
• newcomers
• exiles
• relocatees
• squatters
• nonnatives
• migrators
• trekkers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• natives
• residents
• citizens
• inhabitants
• nonimmigrants
• nationals
• aborigines
• habitants

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of migrants

His announcement comes as Venezuelan migrants are encountering increasingly restrictive immigration policies across the hemisphere. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

In addition to the refugees, most of whom are women and children, more than 1 million Ukrainians were already living in Poland before the war, primarily as economic migrants. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Reuters reported that five migrants who refused to disembark after arriving in Monrovia were flown instead to Equatorial Guinea in Central Africa, where they are held with more than 30 other migrants previously sent there by the US. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Conditions at the hotel have worsened in recent months, Yoon said, with food sometimes withheld and guards accused of threatening, beating and choking some of the migrants. — Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

The administration has defended the third-country deals as lawful, saying federal immigration law permits the government to remove migrants to willing third countries. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026