IMMIGRANTS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

immigrants

noun

plural of immigrant

as in migrants

one that leaves one place to settle in another America was founded by immigrants and they have been its lifeblood ever since

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Recent Examples of immigrants Most of the immigrants charged in California have lived in the country for at least five years, and some of them for decades. — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026 Eisenkot, 66, a son of Moroccan immigrants who became Israel’s top general, grew up in Tiberias and Eilat, outside the country’s centers of political power. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 The exhibition celebrates these workers, many of them immigrants, through exhibits like the photographs of Robert Doisneau, who worked for Renault full-time from 1934 to 1939. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026 There are no reliable estimates of how many Bangladeshi immigrants live in India. — Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026 But in others, it was used to criticize candidates by falsely portraying them alongside immigrants, trans people or drag queens as these groups have become greater targets. — Anagilmara Vílchez, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026 Born to Egyptian immigrants, he was raised in suburban Detroit by his father and stepmother, a white woman born in Michigan. — Serena Maria Daniels, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026 Many Israelis who live abroad, including immigrants who left the country because of Netanyahu’s leadership, thus intend to come home and vote for his replacement. — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026 The nonprofit says 70% of its participants are Black or Latine, half receive public assistance, 60% lack a four-year degree and 40% are immigrants. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

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Many of the migrants were already in the process of getting a visa.

— October 26, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
The exercise has already disproportionately disenfranchised the poor, migrants, religious minorities, women—and is bound to continue doing so.

— Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of migrants

Noun

Baksheng leaves behind a family and then creates a new one with other Teochew emigrants at an inn run by a feminist daughter, Zia Lamgi (Li Sitong) who dodges a revolving door of suitors.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of emigrants

Noun

As explored in my recent book, this dialect formed from linguistic variation that came in with colonial-era settlers from different places and stations.

— Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Israeli police have arrested 10 suspects in the occupied West Bank following attacks by Jewish settlers over the weekend in which a US journalist and European diplomats were among those injured.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of settlers

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Public sentiment toward refugees and migrants has also hardened elsewhere, creating a crisis for nonprofit aid groups.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The dire economic conditions resulted in one in four Venezuelans, nearly 8 million people, fleeing the country as refugees, creating a massive migration crisis across the Americas.

— Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2026

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