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.

Synonyms

emigrant

foreigner

migrant

migrator

alien

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immigration

immigrate

settler

stranger

outsider

native of

newcomer

planter

refugee

new-comer

non-native

transmigrator

adventurer

immigrant alien

colonize

displaced person

emigration

escapee

evacuee

exile

homesteader

incomer

migrate

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 .