SETTLER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

settler

noun

ˈset-lər

Definition of settler

as in pioneer

a person who settles in a new region settlers learning to live in peace with the natives

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as in immigrant

one that leaves one place to settle in another in 1889 Jane Addams, in an effort to provide Chicago's latest wave of settlers with much-needed services, founded the city's first settlement house

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Recent Examples of settler Marschall’s initial assessment was that the tree’s life probably began before European settlers arrived in the region, at a time when the mountain was populated by autonomous Indigenous nations that later became part of the Creek Confederacy. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile over 100 Palestinian communities have been displaced or erased by the settler violence and the ever-encroaching sheep. — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for settler

Recent Examples of Synonyms for settler

Noun

The book covers an enormous chunk of British screen history (1896 to 2001), with each chapter uncovering and illuminating the careers of early Black screen pioneers.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Jeddah’s Athr Gallery is debuting with Mosly and a second pioneer of Saudi modernism, Abdulrahman Alsulaiman.

— Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of pioneer

Noun

Hernández said the group wanted to use the platform to bring further awareness to the struggles immigrants continue to face in this country with an audience that notably skews more American than Los Tigres is accustomed to.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
That his arguments and those made by the current administration against immigrants tend in a totalitarian direction cannot be denied.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of immigrant

Noun

The animals reached Spain during the Roman Empire and were later brought to what is now Mexico by Spanish colonists in the 1500s.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Till then, although the frontier had been placed under imperial control, land-hungry colonists and companies kept pushing across it.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of colonist

Noun

At least 139 people, including children, have died after a boat carrying more than 300 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti in east Africa, the International Organization for Migration said Sunday.

— JAMEY KEATEN, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Many of the migrants in a sprawling tent village in Ceuta came searching for better economic opportunities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of migrant

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 emigrant

Noun

Abdi-Wali, who came to Britain from Somalia as a child refugee, said after the result was announced that she was honored to represent an area that had given her opportunities in life.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
He was eventually reunited with his family in a refugee camp, but his India was gone forever.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026