SQUATTERS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

squatters

noun

plural of squatter

as in colonists

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Noun

Anticipation for the milestone holiday has been building for much of the year, serving as an opportunity for Americans to reflect on their complicated history as onetime colonists of an empire who became a superpower of their own.

— Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
For example, Indigenous people shared their knowledge of making tea from local plants and herbs with colonists.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of colonists

Noun

The service For newcomers to the hospitality industry, the Myers are crushing it.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Sweet teeth practically chattering, the newcomers ended their night with the bar’s eponymous sundae, a gourmet Madagascan-vanilla ice cream topped with rose-water syrup and cashews.

— Marina Harss, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Definition of newcomers

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Humble origins for the hotel site The W South Beach was a Holiday Inn before Miami Beach resumed its efforts to win back high-end tourists and well-heeled foreigners.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
There was the viral pleasure and even pride in seeing foreigners encounter Buc-ee’s with reverential appreciation or giddily experience industrial quantities of Mountain Dew Baja Blast at Taco Bell.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

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