emigrant
Permanent national departer
An emigrant is a person who leaves their country to settle elsewhere.
The word emphasizes departure—you're an emigrant from the place you leave, an immigrant to the place you arrive.
My grandfather was an emigrant from Poland.
The term often appears in historical contexts: The emigrants crossed the prairie in covered wagons.
Journey by sea
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- passageSegment of text
- departureAct of going away
- transitMovement between places
embarkation · disembarkation · steerage · ship · port · border · customs · checkpoint
Travel authorization stamp
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- papersOfficial written records
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- permitOfficial written authorization
residency · naturalization · citizenship · quota · sponsor · application · consulate · embassy
Banishment from homeland
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- deporteePerson forcibly removed abroad
- expelleeOne formally removed
evacuee · defector · escapee · stateless · displaced · uprooted · banished · outcast
One living abroad permanently
nonnative · outsider · stranger · newcomer · transmigrant · sojourner · returnee · diaspora
Early explorer or settler
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- colonistPerson inhabiting new territory
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
arrival · naturalization · citizenship · integration · assimilation · adaptation · establishment · resettlement
Favorable circumstance for advancement
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- escapeFlight from captivity
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
aspiration · betterment · prosperity · safety · survival · persecution · poverty · famine
voyage
Journey by sea
transit · embarkation · disembarkation · steerage · ship · port · border · customs · checkpoint · documentation
visa
Travel authorization stamp
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- papersOfficial written records
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
permit · residency · naturalization · citizenship · quota · sponsor · application · consulate · embassy · registration
exile
Banishment from homeland
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- deporteePerson forcibly removed abroad
expellee · evacuee · defector · escapee · stateless · displaced · uprooted · banished · outcast · diaspora
expatriate
One living abroad permanently
alien · nonnative · outsider · stranger · newcomer · transmigrant · sojourner · returnee · diaspora · hyphenated
pioneer
Early explorer or settler
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- colonistPerson inhabiting new territory
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
newcomer · arrival · naturalization · citizenship · integration · assimilation · adaptation · establishment · resettlement · relocation
opportunity
Favorable circumstance for advancement
dream · aspiration · betterment · prosperity · safety · survival · persecution · poverty · famine · war
- emigrationpolitical refugees, expat, asylum seekers, expatriation, refugee waves
- immigrationvisa, refugee, citizenship, asylum, deportation
- migrationrefugees, refugee, asylum seekers, displaced persons, asylum policy
- residentsresident, residents, inhabitants, inhabitant, local
- abroadoverseas, foreign, abroad, international, expat
- Pioneerspioneer, pioneers, forerunner, trailblazer, innovator
emigrantimmigrant
One who resettles abroad
incomer · newcomer · settler · new arrival · returnee
- emigrant shipVessel transporting those leaving home
emigrate, emigration, emigrated, emigrating, emigrates, emigrants, emigrations