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
• emigrés
• 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