Synonyms of migrants

migrants

noun

plural of migrant

as in immigrants

one that leaves one place to settle in another

we traced our family history back to migrants who came to this country seeking a better life for themselves

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of migrants

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

One is about deportations of migrants who can't be quickly sent back to their home countries. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

The arrangements have drawn mounting scrutiny, most recently after migrants deported to Equatorial Guinea were held at gunpoint and beaten. — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

In a statement, Hilton suggested the complaint originated from Becerra’s campaign — something Gomberg and Hennessy deny — and was an attempt to distract from the Democrat’s oversight of the influx of child migrants beginning in 2021. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

She was denied asylum under a Biden-era border policy that restricted eligibility for many migrants who crossed the southern border outside official pathways. — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

But the Polish ombudsman and nongovernmental organizations assisting migrants on the border contradict the minister. — Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

The backlash notwithstanding, the Creole language is an indelible part of the Dominican Republic, and has been maintained in the country by migrants for hundreds of years. — Kendall Medford, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026