Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there: An individual who moves permanently to a new nation to live and often work.

Usage

• The word "immigrant" refers to a person from the perspective of the destination country. It is a neutral, factual term used in legal, social, and demographic contexts.
• It is typically used with verbs like , , , , .
• Common collocations include: , , , , .

Examples

• Noun:
  • She is an immigrant from Poland who moved here five years ago.
  • The country has a policy to integrate new immigrants into society.
  • Many immigrants come seeking better economic opportunities.

Advanced Usage

• "Economic immigrant": a person who moves primarily for work or financial improvement.
  • He was classified as an economic immigrant rather than a refugee.
• "Immigrant population/community": refers to the collective group of immigrants in an area.
  • The city's vibrant immigrant community contributes greatly to its culture.

Variants and Related Words

• Immigrate (verb): to come to live permanently in a foreign country.
  • Her family decided to immigrate to Canada.
• Immigration (noun): the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country; also the process or system governing this.
  • The government is reviewing its immigration policies.

Synonyms

• Newcomer: a person who has recently arrived in a place. (More general; can refer to any new arrival, not necessarily from another country.)
• Settler: a person who moves with a group to establish a new community. (Often historical in context.)

Antonyms

• Emigrant: a person who leaves their own country to settle permanently in another. (The same person is an from the perspective of the origin country and an from the perspective of the destination country.)
• Native: a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth.

Related Phrases

• "First-generation immigrant": an individual who is the first in their family to immigrate to a new country.
  • As a first-generation immigrant, she had to navigate many new systems.
• "Path to citizenship": the legal process for an immigrant to become a citizen of the new country.
  • The new law creates a clearer path to citizenship for qualified immigrants.

Noun

1. a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there