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 Violent attacks by Israeli settlers have accelerated across the West Bank in recent weeks, adding to what has already been a horrifying year for Palestinian communities in the territory. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Violence has escalated in the West Bank, where at least 87 Palestinians have been killed in almost 1,500 attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers this year, according to Palestinian officials. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 Israeli teen settler arrested in beating of amputee Elsewhere in the Middle East, police arrested a 16-year-old boy from the Israeli settlement of Avigayil in the beating of a 61-year-old Palestinian man. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 Some 1,100 Palestinians have been killed in encounters with settlers or with Israeli security forces since 2023. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for settler

Recent Examples of Synonyms for settler

Noun

The veterans, the pioneers who’ve been in organic cotton for decades, and the new faces arriving with fresh energy.

— Bart Vollaard, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
Rob Almond is the CEO of NEST, a pioneer of Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) in North America.

— Rob Almond, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of pioneer

Noun

Dolly Parton stood up for undocumented immigrants when few others would, argues columnist Gustavo Arellano.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
The postponements began shortly after federal judges this month rejected the administration’s attempts to use blanket pauses, rather than individual assessments, to prevent certain immigrants from receiving visas over public-charge concerns.

— María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of immigrant

Noun

Robert had made a bunch of money in the importing business and was a loyalist to the king; Mary, perhaps without her husband’s knowledge, supported the colonist rebels.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026
In his telling, the Lenape agreed to sell Dutch colonists only as much land on Manhattan as could be covered by a man’s breeches.

— Eric Lach, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of colonist

Noun

But Wong said to survive, his country will have to welcome foreign migrants and workers.

— Brian Mann, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
The flight on Saturday is the second to the Central African Republic since June, which carried two dozen migrants, including an Iranian woman facing persecution in her home country.

— Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of migrant

Noun

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
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

Definition of emigrant

Noun

More than 6 million Afghans fled to neighboring Iran and Pakistan, but both those countries have kicked out nearly all their Afghan refugees in recent years—even Afghans who arrived back in 1979, during the Soviet invasion.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026
Harborview is the safety net hospital in the Seattle region for non-English speaking refugees and immigrants.

— Cara Kelly, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026