returnee
One who's back
A returnee is someone who returns, especially to their home country after living abroad.
The term often appears in contexts of migration, war, or displacement: Many returnees struggled to readjust after years in exile.
In business contexts, it can describe someone rejoining a company or workforce after an absence.
One who resettles abroad
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- migrantOne who relocates
- repatriateReturn to origin country
visa · passport · border · customs · immigration · citizenship · naturalization · nationality
Gathering after separation
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- familyRelated people together
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
celebration · hometown · embrace · heritage · homestead · community · gathering · warmth
Person fleeing danger abroad
- displacedShifted from proper location
- evacueeOne moved from danger
- asylumShelter from persecution
- repatriationFormal return to homeland
deportee · exile · resettlement · homeland · crisis · conflict · humanitarian · shelter
Alteration to improve fit
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- readjustmentModifying something again
support · counseling · orientation · employment · housing · language · education · training
Longing for one's dwelling
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- memoriesStored past experiences
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- wistfulSadly longing for something
sentimental · reminiscence · hiraeth · melancholy · past · bygone · recollect · nostalgia
immigrant
One who resettles abroad
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- migrantOne who relocates
repatriate · visa · passport · border · customs · immigration · citizenship · naturalization · nationality · consulate
reunion
Gathering after separation
roots · celebration · hometown · embrace · heritage · homestead · community · gathering · warmth · arrival
refugee
Person fleeing danger abroad
repatriation · deportee · exile · resettlement · homeland · crisis · conflict · humanitarian · shelter · camp
adjustment
Alteration to improve fit
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
readjustment · support · counseling · orientation · employment · housing · language · education · training · services
homesick
Longing for one's dwelling
wistful · sentimental · reminiscence · hiraeth · melancholy · past · bygone · recollect · nostalgia · bittersweet
- displaced peoplerefugee, displaced, IDPs, asylum seeker, displaced persons
- overseas Chineseoverseas Chinese, ethnic Chinese, Chinese community, Chinatown, Chinatowns
- return migrationreverse migration
- studentsstudent, freshman, university students, sophomore, pupil
- Former Rolesex-president, ex-wife, ex-husband, ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend
- relocationrelocation, transfer, relocate, resettle, move
returneeemigrant
Person resettling in another nation
leaver · exile · expat · defector · outmigrant
returneeexile
Banishment from homeland
expatriate · settler · deserter · defector · displaced person
returneenewcomer
Recent arrival somewhere
new arrival · immigrant · new immigrant · incomer · pioneer
- in returnAs exchange or compensation
- tax returnIncome declaration to government
- return the favorRepay a kindness received
- return addressMailer's printed coordinates
- return tripJourney to starting point
- point of no returnThreshold beyond which reversal impossible
return, returned, returns, returning, returnable, unreturned, returnees, returners, returner