Synonyms of émigrés

émigrés

noun

variants also emigrés

plural of émigré

1

as in refugees

a person forced to emigrate for political reasons

the revolution resulted in a flood of émigrés into neighboring countries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refugees
• expatriates
• exiles
• deportees
• evacuees
• expats
• aliens
• fugitives
• outcasts
• patriots
• loyalists
• pariahs
• castoffs

2

as in immigrants

one that leaves one place to settle in another

the émigrés moved to many different nations

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of émigrés

Some emigres seek to avoid military service The digital content marketer who left says this was his second attempt at emigrating. — Dasha Litvinova, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

After two devastating quakes, first responders were fishermen, doctors and emigres returning from abroad — a grassroots campaign filling a government void. — Helena Carpio, Washington Post, 30 June 2026

The group waged a guerilla war against the Soviet Union into the 1950s, and UPA emigres played a key role in reviving Ukraine’s nationalist movement during perestroika. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026

The documentary Revolution’s Daughter, which held its world premiere Friday night at the Miami Film Festival, explores the experience of Fernández Revuelta and other emigres who left Cuba behind physically but not emotionally. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2026