migrant
[noun]
Synonyms:
- wanderer, drifter, emigrant, immigrant, itinerant, nomad, rover, traveller
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- travelling, drifting, immigrant, itinerant, migratory, nomadic, roving, shifting, transient, vagrant, wandering

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Related Words: in-migrant, out-migrant, drifter, mover, nomad, traveler, wanderer

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

mi‧grant AC /ˈmaɪɡrənt/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: migration, migrant; verb: migrate; adjective: migratory]

1. someone who goes to live in another area or country, especially in order to find work ⇒ emigrant, immigrant
migrant worker/labourer
A lot of factory work is done by migrant workers.
economic migrant (=someone who goes to live in another country because they are likely to find a better job there)

2. a bird or animal that travels regularly from one part of the world to another

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

migrant
noun
ADJ. economic | illegal | rural
MIGRANT + NOUN labourer, worker entering the country as migrant workers
population | bird
PREP. ~ from migrants from rural areas
~ into, ~ to Migrants to the city send money home to their relatives.
PHRASES a flow/an influx of migrants

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

migrant

a migrant worker
The strawberries are picked by migrant workers.
migrant labourer British English, migrant laborer American English
The centre houses 50 migrant labourers.
migrant labour British English, migrant labor American English (=work done by migrants)
Many farms rely on migrant labour.
a migrant population (=the migrants who live in a particular place)
The town has a large migrant popluation.
the flow of migrants (=the movement of people to or from a place)
the increasing flow of migrants into California
an influx of migrants (=the arrival of people in a particular place)
The growth of towns was due to an influx of migrants from the villages.
an illegal migrant
Thousands of illegal migrants were caught trying to cross the sea to England.
an economic migrant (=someone who goes to another country to find a better job)
They are economic migrants, escaping terrible poverty in their home country.
a rural migrant (=someone who moves from a country area to a city)
Rural migrants end up in the slums of Brasilia.
a new/recent migrant
Some of the recent migrants have returned to their homes as the fighting finished.
a migrant comes from/to a place
A majority of the migrants had come from this region.
attract migrants (=make migrants want to come to a place)
The settlement attracted new migrants and it expanded quickly.

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