immigrant

Meaning

Noun

1. A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.
2. A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.

Adj

Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.

Concepts

immigrant

emigrant

foreigner

migrant

immigration

migrator

alien

settler

outsider

stranger

immigrate

displaced person

exile

refugee

escapee

evacuee

non-native

homesteader

planter

native of

incomer

newcomer

immigrant alien

new-comer

transmigrator

adventurer

emigration

migrate

colonize

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/

Etymology

From Latin immigrans, present active participle of immigrāre (“to migrate into”), from in- (“into”) + migrāre (“to migrate”).

Sentences

The roaches in his apartment were planted by his filthy immigrant next-door neighbors .