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 Bats, like early South Florida settlers, lived primarily in pine rockland. — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026 Background After the Hawaiian Islands were charted in the late 18th century, American and European merchants, missionaries, and settlers began arriving there in earnest in the 1800s. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026 And the point is that just because an American politician wants to get the side of Palestinians that does not give Israel the right to have violent settlers detain Americans with a passport that gives Israel the right to have IDF detain us. — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 Within minutes of arriving at the location where Musallet was killed, Israeli settlers descended on the area. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for settler

Recent Examples of Synonyms for settler

Noun

Sumissura, the online tailoring platform for women, is among the most recent technology pioneers leveraging AI to enhance fit.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 15 July 2026
Over his past few pictures, Nolan has become a pioneer in shooting on Imax film, but The Odyssey is his first to be shot entirely in the large-screen format.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026

Definition of pioneer

Noun

Sales from the thrift store are donated directly to widows, immigrants and refugees in the Sacramento area and internationally.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Meanwhile, traditional efforts to take undocumented immigrants into custody from their homes have become less effective.

— Andy Rose, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Definition of immigrant

Noun

Religious symbols are best displayed in non-governmental spaces given that America was formed by colonists who fled England to seek freedom of religion.

— Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026
European colonists in Australia encountered a suite of venomous snakes just as fearsome as those of the Libyan desert.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of colonist

Noun

Also, it should be noted that Barack Obama’s Democratic administration, not Trump’s, pioneered the modern policy of blocking asylum-seekers at the border, addressing a surge in Haitian migrants in 2016.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
South Africa has removed more than 53,000 migrants over the last five weeks through deportations and repatriations following pressure from anti-migrant groups.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of migrant

Noun

González has witnessed the ties between Mexico and its emigrants abroad evolve over four decades, starting as a young consular officer in the administration of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

— Alfredo Corchado, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
The book looked at the world of a swath of Irish women emigrants who were deemed troublemakers, highlighting that for a period of time, Irish women outnumbered Irish men in prison.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026

Definition of emigrant

Noun

In the 1930s and 1940s, postrevolutionary Mexico emerged as both an incubator of modern art and haven for European refugees, political exiles and other expats.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
In 1994 Goma and surrounding areas received hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing from the genocide and subsequent military operations that occurred in Rwanda that year, leading to a humanitarian crisis.

— Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026