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- [im-i-gruh nt]
- /ˈɪm ɪ grənt/
- /ˈɪm.ɪ.ɡrənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [im-i-gruh nt]
- /ˈɪm ɪ grənt/
Definitions of immigrant word
- noun immigrant a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence. 1
- adjective immigrant of or relating to immigrants and immigration: a department for immigrant affairs. 1
- abbreviation IMMIGRANT immigrating. 1
- noun immigrant A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. 1
- noun immigrant person: settles abroad 1
- noun immigrant foreign resident 1
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Origin of immigrant
First appearance:
before 1780 One of the 45% newest English words
1780-90, Americanism; < Latin immigrant- (stem of immigrāns), present participle of immigrāre to move into. See im-1, migrant
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Parts of speech for Immigrant
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immigrant popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for immigrant
noun immigrant
- alien — Alien means belonging to a different country, race, or group, usually one you do not like or are frightened of.
- newcomer — a person or thing that has recently arrived; new arrival: She is a newcomer to our city. The firm is a newcomer in the field of advertising.
- settler — a person or thing that settles.
- foreigner — a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.
- migrant — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
adjective immigrant
- seasonal — pertaining to, dependent on, or accompanying the seasons of the year or some particular season; periodical: seasonal work.
- early american — (of furniture, buildings, utensils, etc.) built or made in the U.S. in the colonial period or somewhat later.
- outland — Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces: a name unknown in the outlands.
- transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
- nonresident — not resident in a particular place.
Antonyms for immigrant
noun immigrant
- citizen — Someone who is a citizen of a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country.
- native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- local — low-cal.
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- emigrant — A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.
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