ESCAPER Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

escaper

noun

Definition of escaper

as in refugee

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Noun

Jamal gained refugee and permanent resident status in Canada years prior.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Laotian refugees in the country – verified and registered by the United Nations – have gone missing or been found dead.

— Shibani Mahtani, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of refugee

Noun

The remote wilderness of Patagonia can so often feel inaccessible to the casual visitor.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
The game show is based around those ubiquitous internet verification tests that check if the visitor to a website is human or a bot.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of visitor

Noun

Perched high in the cliffs, built into the rock face overlooking the sea, and within view of the sweet fishing village of Conca dei Marini, the property is just a quick drive to Amalfi, but still feels a million miles away from the tourists.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
According to prosecutors, Cox entered the United States from Jamaica as a tourist in 1999 and remained after her visa expired the following year.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of tourist

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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 emigrant

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Its policy is to accept and support defectors from North Korea; more than 34,000 have arrived since the end of the Korean War.

— Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026
The South legally regards the North as part of its territory and has a policy of accepting and financially supporting North Korean defectors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of defector

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With expatriates making up nearly 90% of the UAE’s population, remittances are a prize worth billions.

— Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026
First published by Scribner in 1926, The Sun Also Rises follows American journalist Jake Barnes and a circle of expatriates traveling from Paris to Pamplona in the years following the First World War.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

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