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 Nearly all Senate Democrats voted to require the State Department to report on Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, in a continuing sign of the party’s hardening stance toward Israel. — Noah Robertson, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026 More than 100 Israeli settlers were involved in Tuesday’s attack on the Tubasi family – with some storming the house and setting it on fire. — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026 In the West Bank, attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians have intensified. — Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Nineteenth-century settlers saw themselves as pioneers, breaking new ground, but, Specht notes, so did twentieth-century suburbanites. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for settler

Recent Examples of Synonyms for settler

Noun

The startup, founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, is building AI models for creating virtual 3D environments frequently used in humanoid robot development.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
State historian Doane Robinson wanted to create a monument to the Old West, featuring both pioneers and Native leaders, to attract tourists.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of pioneer

Noun

Mamadou Sidibé stars as Malik, a young African immigrant, who must try to survive after being incarcerated for drug smuggling.

— Carole Horst, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
But rather than succumbing to any one style, Lam developed a unique voice shaped by surrealism, cubism and his heritage as the son of a Chinese immigrant father and a mixed-race mother.

— Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of immigrant

Noun

She was denied asylum under a Biden-era border policy that restricted eligibility for many migrants who crossed the southern border outside official pathways.

— Mick Krever, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Flores, a political newcomer, made his first national appearance at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Dallas, touting his commitment to border security and accusing Gonzalez of allowing migrants to make the community unsafe.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 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

After war broke out over religious and political differences in 1642, people had to flee when their villages became war zones, while other places were filled with desperate refugees.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Nguyen, the daughter of Vietnamese refugees, has lived in Sacramento nearly all her life.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026