migrantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmaɪ.ɡrənt/us/ˈmaɪ.ɡrənt/a person that travels to a different country or place, often in order to find work:
The cities are full of migrants looking for work.
biology an animal that moves from one place to another at different times of the year:
These birds are winter migrants from Scandinavia.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing homes & moving
- asylum seeker
- diaspora
- diaspora
- economic migrant
- emigrate
- immigration
- move on
- move out
- mover
- moving
- pull up stakes idiom
- remover
- resettle
- residence
- settle
- shelter
- stake
- stick
- transfer
- up sticks idiom
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migrantadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈmaɪ.ɡrənt/us/ˈmaɪ.ɡrənt/travelling to a different country or place, often in order to find work:
migrant workers
a seasonal migrant population
biology moving from one place to another at different times of year:
migrant birds
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing homes & moving
- asylum seeker
- diaspora
- diaspora
- economic migrant
- emigrate
- immigration
- move on
- move out
- mover
- moving
- pull up stakes idiom
- remover
- resettle
- residence
- settle
- shelter
- stake
- stick
- transfer
- up sticks idiom
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Animal (non-human) behaviour