IN-MIGRANTS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

in-migrants

noun

plural of in-migrant

as in immigrants

one that leaves one place to settle in another the recent flood of in-migrants has completely altered the state's cultural and political landscape

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The hospital is 2½ hours from the nearest big city, Bismarck, North Dakota, where immigrants fly in and are picked up by hospital staff for the drive down to Hettinger.

— Evelio Contreras, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
So would Hilton at least be an advocate for undocumented immigrants?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of immigrants

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Coast Guard personnel were intercepting migrants crossing the Rio Grande while working with other federal agencies when the initial gunshots came from the Mexican side of the border.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
All the passengers were migrants who paid smugglers to take them from the Bahamas to South Florida, Homeland Security Investigations agents said.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

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Israeli settlers opened fire on olive harvesters in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, killing a Palestinian officer who responded to the attack and wounding 16, Palestinian officials said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar blamed the souring relations on Britain’s Labour government, which has condemned Israeli military actions in Gaza, placed sanctions on settlers and recognized a Palestinian state.

— Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of settlers

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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 emigrants

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