nonlocals
People from elsewhere
Nonlocals are people from somewhere else—outsiders relative to a particular place or community.
The term appears in contexts where local identity matters: resort towns distinguishing residents from tourists, rural areas noting city visitors, or any setting where belonging is defined by geography.
The beach gets crowded with nonlocals every summer.
In programming, nonlocals refers to variables accessed from an enclosing scope rather than the immediate local one.
People from elsewhere
- strangersPeople unknown to you
- outsidersThose not belonging
- interlopersUnwelcome meddlers in affairs
- intrudersUnauthorized entrants
trespassers · unknown quantities · non-residents · non-members · non-natives · mainlanders · flatlanders · urbanites
Travelers seeing sights
- travelersPeople on trips
- visitorsPeople who come temporarily
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- sojournersTemporary dwellers abroad
vacationers · sightseers · daytrippers · weekenders · passers-through · transients · temporary residents · holiday-makers
Surgical tissue transfers
- newcomersThose recently arrived
- settlersThose who establish homes
- incomersThose arriving to stay
- relocatorsThose who change residence
People living outside homeland
- emigrantsPeople leaving their country
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- migrantsPeople who move elsewhere
- green card holdersImmigrants with permanent status
naturalized citizens · undocumented · deportees · foreign nationals · permanent residents · diaspora · resettled · sponsorship
Those who upscale neighborhoods
- encroachersThose who overstep boundaries
- pricing outMaking too expensive
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- rental marketHousing available for lease
Complete separation from others
- disconnectionState of being severed
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
exclusion · marginalization · ostracism · unfamiliarity · homesickness · culture shock · language barriers · social distance
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- cosmopolitanismBelief in shared humanity
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- cultural exchangeSharing practices between peoples
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
intercultural · enrichment · global influences · cultural mosaic
foreigners
People from elsewhere
- strangersPeople unknown to you
- outsidersThose not belonging
- interlopersUnwelcome meddlers in affairs
intruders · trespassers · unknown quantities · non-residents · non-members · non-natives · mainlanders · flatlanders · urbanites · blow-ins
tourists
Travelers seeing sights
sojourners · vacationers · sightseers · daytrippers · weekenders · passers-through · transients · temporary residents · holiday-makers · excursionists
transplants
Surgical tissue transfers
expatriates
People living outside homeland
- emigrantsPeople leaving their country
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- migrantsPeople who move elsewhere
green card holders · naturalized citizens · undocumented · deportees · foreign nationals · permanent residents · diaspora · resettled · sponsorship
gentrifiers
Those who upscale neighborhoods
- encroachersThose who overstep boundaries
- pricing outMaking too expensive
- displacementRemoval from usual location
isolation
Complete separation from others
- disconnectionState of being severed
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
loneliness · exclusion · marginalization · ostracism · unfamiliarity · homesickness · culture shock · language barriers · social distance
multiculturalism
Coexistence of diverse traditions
- cosmopolitanismBelief in shared humanity
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- cultural exchangeSharing practices between peoples
cross-cultural · intercultural · enrichment · global influences · cultural mosaic