MIGRATOR Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

migrator

noun

Definition of migrator

as in pilgrim

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Noun

That was especially true during Jewish festival times, when pilgrims doubled or even tripled the population.

— Michele Chabin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
After all, the boy is from Lourdes, that land of miracles in the French Pyrenees, and spent a lot of time around pilgrims in search of healing.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of pilgrim

Noun

National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum Located downtown, the National Mining Hall of Fame & Museum dives deep into the region’s economic history, with exhibits that cover mining culture, pioneer life, and period photographs from the region.

— Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2026
Julian Brodsky, a cable TV pioneer and financial guru who was a co-founding partner of Comcast more than 60 years ago, has died.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of pioneer

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Texas’ Democratic sweep has raised questions about whether California transplants helped turn the state blue, but experts doubt the newcomers drove the shift.

— Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Some Democratic candidates had experience as mayors or state lawmakers, but many are political newcomers.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of newcomer

Noun

Both are works in that long tradition of castaways forced to survive, but in many ways, Crusoe—a colonist and capitalist and the later a jaundiced observer of the worst excesses of those systems—is the opposite of Gulliver.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
The original model for the kind of adversarial speech the First Amendment aims to protect, McGrane said, was the speech American colonists used against the British.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2026

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