Synonyms of pilgrims

pilgrims

noun

plural of pilgrim

as in travelers

a person who travels to foreign lands

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

Related Words

• travelers
• visitors
• tourists
• wayfarers
• vacationers
• vacationists
• immigrants
• holidaymakers
• journeyers
• refugees
• guests
• sightseers
• excursionists
• holidayers
• pioneers
• foreigners
• expatriates
• snowbirds
• trippers
• evacuees
• exiles
• migrants
• colonists
• aliens
• transients
• deportees
• émigrés
• newcomers
• sunseekers
• repatriates
• trekkers
• hostelers
• rubberneckers
• migrators
• defectors
• settlers
• relocatees
• noncitizens
• squatters
• rubbernecks
• nonnatives
• incomers
• in-migrants
• out-migrants

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pilgrims

The site near the Spanish border draws millions of pilgrims each year, especially sick and disabled believers hoping for a cure from the famed spring water in the Lourdes grotto where the visions purportedly occurred. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026

In Lourdes, where believers say a famous Catholic shrine gushes with healing waters, streets were crowded with pilgrims waving flags and holding babies aloft as the pope passed in his popemobile. — Chris Livesay, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Many pilgrims in neighboring Iran visit sites such as Karbala and Najaf. — ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026

For pizza pilgrims and locals simply looking for a dinner spot that will wow out-of-towners, there's no better reason to hop over the Hudson. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026

Muslim prospective pilgrims climb the Jabal al-Nour (al-Noor mountain) to visit Hira Cave during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on June 01, 2025. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

In Mina, the encampment outside Mecca where millions of pilgrims stay each year, buffet catering is provided, along with occasional surprises such as popcorn machines and ice cream. — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026