Immigrant synonyms and antonyms

ĭm'ĭ-grənt

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foreigner
The definition of a foreigner is a person born in a different country, or an outsider.
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settler
One who settles or decides something.
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newcomer
A new participant in some activity; a neophyte.
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outlander
A person from a foreign country; a foreigner.
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naturalized citizen
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nonnative
Someone who is not a native
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adoptive citizen
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resident alien
(US, law) A person born outside the United States who has legally established temporary or permanent residence in the United States, but has not become a United States citizen.
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native (antonym)
Sometimes used pejoratively against indigenous peoples by their colonizers.
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national (antonym)
A subject of a nation.
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hyphenated American
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emigrant (related)
A person who emigrates
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alien
(Ecology) An organism, especially a plant or animal, that occurs in or is naturalized in a region to which it is not native.
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migrant
Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.
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transmigrant
One in transit through a country on the way to the country in which one intends to settle.
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approach (related)
The method used in dealing with or accomplishing:
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asylum-seeker (related)
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somalis (related)
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asians (related)
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emigration (related)
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refugee (related)
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local (antonym)
(Rail transport) A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
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african-americans (related)
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Immigrant Sentence Examples

  • There is a large Indian immigrant population.

  • The immigrant population is concentrated in or near the large cities.

  • Boston is the second immigrant port of the country.

  • The immigrant movement brings with it many new sects, as, for example, the Eastern.

  • Since 1880 Italians, Russians, Poles, Austrians, Bohemians and Hungarians have enormously increased in the immigrant population.

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