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| Main Entry: | foreigner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person from another country |
| Synonyms: | alien, greenhorn*, immigrant, newcomer, outsider, stranger, fresh off the boat, incomer, outlander |
| Antonyms: | citizen, local, national, native |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alien |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foreign being |
| Synonyms: | foreigner, greenhorn*, guest, immigrant, interloper, intruder, invader, migrant, newcomer, outsider, refugee, settler, squatter, stranger, visitor, blow in*, floater, incomer, noncitizen, weed* |
| Antonyms: | citizen, national, native, settler, countryman |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | émigré |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | emigrant |
| Synonyms: | displaced person, exile, expatriate, foreigner, migrant, refugee, DP |
| Main Entry: | immigrant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person from a foreign land |
| Synonyms: | alien, colonist, foreigner, migrant, newcomer, outsider, pioneer, settler, adoptive citizen, documented alien, incomer, naturalized citizen, undocumented alien |
| 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: | local, national, native |
| Main Entry: | newcomer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has just arrived in area |
| Synonyms: | alien, arrival, beginner, colt*, foreigner, greenhorn*, immigrant, maverick, neophyte, new kid on the block*, novice, outsider, rookie, settler, stranger, tenderfoot*, Johnny-come-lately, blow-in, incomer, late arrival, latecomer, novitiate |
| Antonyms: | native, old hack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outsider |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is foreign to something |
| Synonyms: | alien, foreigner, interloper, intruder, newcomer, refugee, stranger, floater, incomer, odd one out, outlander |
| Antonyms: | insider |
| Main Entry: | refugee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person running from something, often oppression |
| Synonyms: | émigré, alien, castaway, derelict, deserter, displaced person, emigrant, escapee, exile, expatriate, foreigner, foundling, fugitive, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, prodigal, renegade, runaway, DP, boat person, defector, evacuee, expellee, homeless person, stateless person |
| Main Entry: | stranger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unfamiliar |
| Synonyms: | alien, drifter, foreigner, guest, immigrant, interloper, intruder, migrant, newcomer, outsider, squatter, transient, unknown, visitor, wanderer, foreign body, incomer, itinerant person, migratory worker, new arrival, out-of-stater, outcomer, outlander, party crasher, perfect stranger, uninvited person, unknown person |
| Antonyms: | acquaintance, friend, local, native |
| Main Entry: | visitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person temporarily in a foreign location |
| Synonyms: | caller, company, foreigner, guest, habitué, inspector, transient, invitee, out-of-towner, visitant |
| Antonyms: | host |
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