| Main Entry: | settler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pioneer |
Synonyms: |
colonist, colonizer, homesteader, immigrant |
| Main Entry: | settler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | colonizer |
Synonyms: |
colonist, habitant, homesteader, immigrant, pilgrim, pioneer, planter |
| Main Entry: | alien |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foreign being |
Synonyms: |
blow in, floater, foreigner, greenhorn, guest, immigrant, incomer, interloper, intruder, invader, migrant, newcomer, noncitizen, outsider, refugee, settler, squatter, stranger, visitor, weed* |
Antonyms: |
citizen, countryman, national, native, settler |
| Main Entry: | citizen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person native of country |
Synonyms: |
John/Jane Q. Public, aborigine, burgess, burgher, civilian, commoner, cosmopolite, denizen, dweller, freeman/woman, householder, inhabitant, member of body politic, member of community, national, native, naturalized person, occupant, resident, settler, subject, taxpayer, townsperson, urbanite, villager, voter |
| Notes: | a denizen is someone who inhabits a particular place while a citizen is a native or naturalized member of a state, city, town, or other political community |
Antonyms: |
alien, foreigner, immigrant |
| Main Entry: | immigrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person from a foreign land |
Synonyms: |
adoptive citizen, alien, colonist, documented alien, foreigner, incomer, migrant, naturalized citizen, newcomer, outsider, pioneer, settler, undocumented alien |
Antonyms: |
local, national, native |
| Main Entry: | inhabitant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is resident of habitation |
Synonyms: |
aborigine, addressee, autochthon, boarder, citizen, colonist, denizen, dweller, householder, incumbent, indweller, inmate, lessee, lodger, native, neighbor, occupant, occupier, renter, resider, roomer, settler, squatter, suburbanite, tenant, urbanite |
| Main Entry: | newcomer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has just arrived in area |
Synonyms: |
Johnny-come-lately, alien, arrival, beginner, blow-in, colt, foreigner, greenhorn, immigrant, incomer, late arrival, latecomer, maverick, neophyte, new kid on the block, novice, novitiate, outsider, rookie, settler, stranger, tenderfoot |
Antonyms: |
native, old hack |
| Main Entry: | pioneer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who finds a new place, founds something |
Synonyms: |
colonist, colonizer, developer, explorer, founder, frontier settler, guide, homesteader, immigrant, innovator, leader, pathfinder, pilgrim, scout, settler, squatter, trailblazer |
| Main Entry: | umpire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who settles dispute |
Synonyms: |
adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrator, assessor, compromiser, inspector, judge, justice, mediator, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, proprietor, ref, referee, settler, ump |
| Main Entry: | squatter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | colonist |
Synonyms: |
homesteader, illegal tenant, pioneer, settler |