| Main Entry: | displaced person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | individual forced to leave his or her native country or home |
Synonyms: |
D.P., DP, exile, expatriate, man without a country, persona non grata, stateless person, unacceptable person, undesirable |
| Main Entry: | emigrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who leaves his or her native country |
Synonyms: |
alien, colonist, departer, displaced person, evacuee, exile, expatriate, fugitive, migrant, migrator, outcast, pilgrim, refugee, traveler, wanderer, wayfarer, émigré |
| Notes: | an emigrant is someone who leaves one country to settle in another while an immigrant is someone who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there |
Antonyms: |
nationalist, native |
| Main Entry: | émigré |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emigrant |
Synonyms: |
DP, displaced person, exile, expatriate, foreigner, migrant, refugee |
| Main Entry: | exile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person deported from a place |
Synonyms: |
DP, deportee, displaced person, expatriate, expellee, fugitive, nonperson, outcast, outlaw, person without country, refugee, émigré |
| Main Entry: | expatriate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person thrown out of a country |
Synonyms: |
departer, deportee, displaced person, emigrant, evacuee, exile, expellee, migrant, outcast, refugee, émigré |
| Main Entry: | fugitive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person escaping from law or other pursuer |
Synonyms: |
bolter, derelict, deserter, displaced person, dodger, escapee, escaper, evacuee, exile, fly-by-night, hermit, hunted person, outcast, outlaw, recluse, refugee, runagate, runaway, stray, transient, truant, vagabond, waif, walkout, émigré |
| Main Entry: | outcast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unwanted, not accepted |
Synonyms: |
bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, gypsy, hobo*, persona non grata, rascal, refugee, reprobate, tramp, untouchable, vagabond, vagrant, wretch |
Antonyms: |
favorite, friend, idol |
| Main Entry: | pariah |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social outcast |
Synonyms: |
bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, hobo*, leper, outsider, persona non grata, rascal, refugee, tramp, undesirable, vagabond, vagrant, waif |
| Main Entry: | refugee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person running from something, often oppression |
Synonyms: |
DP, alien, boat person, castaway, defector, derelict, deserter, displaced person, emigrant, escapee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, expellee, foreigner, foundling, fugitive, homeless person, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, prodigal, renegade, runaway, stateless person, émigré |
| Main Entry: | street person |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homeless person |
Synonyms: |
bag lady, bag person, beggar, bum, derelict, displaced person, down-and-out, drifter, hobo, homeless person, shopping-bag lady, shopping-bag person, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wino |