Synonyms of settlers

settlers

noun

plural of settler

1

as in colonists

a person who settles in a new region

settlers learning to live in peace with the natives

Synonyms & Similar Words

• colonists
• pioneers
• colonizers
• colonials
• frontiersmen
• homesteaders
• explorers
• pathfinders
• woodsmen
• mountain men
• bushrangers
• trailblazers

2

as in immigrants

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• immigrants
• migrants
• emigrants
• refugees
• émigrés
• colonists
• incomers
• aliens
• in-migrants
• foreigners
• out-migrants
• pioneers
• pilgrims
• expatriates
• evacuees
• deportees
• newcomers
• repatriates
• squatters
• defectors
• exiles
• relocatees
• noncitizens
• nonnatives
• migrators
• trekkers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• natives
• inhabitants
• residents
• citizens
• nonimmigrants
• aborigines
• nationals
• habitants

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of settlers

The settlers were ordered to shoot-to-kill at anyone—armed or unarmed, man or woman—who crossed the plough line. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

The reboot’s creative team worked with Osage scholar and consultant Robert Warrior to draw inspiration for the characters of William Mitchell and his wife, White Sun, from 19 Osage families who lived in Kansas at the time settlers arrived. — Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026

The chef spent months traveling throughout the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, discovering local dishes inspired by the regions that the islands' settlers came from (Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and more). — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

Bats, like early South Florida settlers, lived primarily in pine rockland. — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

These settlers and their descendants, particularly those involved in the sugar industry, sought greater control over the islands’ political and economic affairs. — 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

By the end of the season, however, the family is forced to leave after a land agreement requires settlers to vacate the area. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026

The incident followed a visit to an elementary school that was destroyed by extremist Israeli settlers, Khanna said. — Kaanita Iyer, CNN Money, 11 July 2026