INCOMERS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

incomers

noun

plural of incomer, chiefly British

as in immigrants

one that leaves one place to settle in another a steady stream of incomers to Australia from all parts of the Commonwealth

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His videos drew dozens of aspiring food truck owners, many of them immigrants like Ochoa, who entrusted him with their life savings in hopes of turning their dreams into a livelihood.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
But between two women of color, in this case the reporter and subject–both daughters of immigrants–articulation was unnecessary.

— Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of immigrants

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His announcement comes as Venezuelan migrants are encountering increasingly restrictive immigration policies across the hemisphere.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
In addition to the refugees, most of whom are women and children, more than 1 million Ukrainians were already living in Poland before the war, primarily as economic migrants.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of migrants

Noun

More than eleven hundred Palestinians in the West Bank have been killed either directly by settlers or by the Israeli security forces.

— David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Captured in the 1967 Middle East war, the West Bank is home to 3 million Palestinians and 500,000 Israeli settlers.

— F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of settlers

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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
González has witnessed the ties between Mexico and its emigrants abroad evolve over four decades, starting as a young consular officer in the administration of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

— Alfredo Corchado, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of emigrants

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Little Saigon developed in the 1970s and ’80s, as refugees from South Vietnam fled the aftermath of the Vietnam War and moved to Southern California.

— Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2026
American sentiment was turning against newcomers, whether Vietnamese refugees, Cuban and Haitian boat people, Central Americans fleeing civil wars or Mexicans looking for economic opportunity.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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