Synonyms of pilgrim

pilgrim

noun

as in traveler

a person who travels to foreign lands

A wandering pilgrim, he made his way across Europe before eventually settling in Madrid.

Related Words

• traveler
• visitor
• tourist
• wayfarer
• journeyer
• vacationer
• immigrant
• holidaymaker
• vacationist
• refugee
• guest
• excursionist
• sightseer
• pioneer
• snowbird
• tripper
• transient
• expatriate
• foreigner
• exile
• alien
• hosteler
• holidayer
• émigré
• migrant
• migrator
• evacuee
• colonist
• deportee
• rubberneck
• newcomer
• sunseeker
• trekker
• defector
• squatter
• relocatee
• noncitizen
• rubbernecker
• settler
• repatriate
• in-migrant
• incomer
• nonnative
• out-migrant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pilgrim

The two attacks came just days before Medjugorje's annual youth prayer festival, which is expected to draw more than 50,000 pilgrims from around the world. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

While pilgrims ascended the mountain, Mayo supporters descended en masse on Dublin for the final at Croke Park, splashing the county’s colours across the capital. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Buddhist monks, pilgrims, and scholars became some of the earliest cultural ambassadors between the two regions. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 July 2026

Look at how much the city had debased this pilgrim in six months, a year. — David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026