Standard Lemma guide

migrant

adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈmaɪɡɹənt/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Migratory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A migratory animal, in particular a migratory bird.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Broader terms: bird, animal, creature

3

noun

Meaning 3

Traveller or worker who moves from one region or country to another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A person who leaves one place in order to permanently settle in another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Catopsilia. Also called an emigrant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • appalled by the social conditions of migrant life
  • migratory workers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: migratory

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

traveler who moves from one region or country to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: migrator

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: traveler, traveller

Narrower terms: departer, leaver, goer, emigrant, emigre, emigree, outgoer, evacuee, immigrant, rusher, settler, colonist

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French migrant.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Spanish: migratorio — migratory animal — see also migratory bird
  • Spanish: migratoria — migratory animal — see also migratory bird
  • Tagalog: ibong-lagalag — migratory animal — see also migratory bird
  • Arabic: مُهَاجِر (muhājir) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Arabic: مُهَاجِرَة (muhājira) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Armenian: միգրանտ (migrant) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Azerbaijani: miqrant — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Azerbaijani: mühacir — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Azerbaijani: köçkün — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Belarusian: мігра́нт (mihránt) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Belarusian: мігра́нтка (mihrántka) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Belarusian: перасяле́нец (pjerasjaljénjec) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Belarusian: перасяле́нка (pjerasjaljénka) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Bulgarian: пресе́лник (presélnik) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Bulgarian: пресе́лничка (presélnička) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Bulgarian: мигра́нт (migránt) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Bulgarian: мигра́нтка (migrántka) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移民 (yímín) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Czech: migrant — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Czech: migrantka — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Danish: migrant — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Dutch: migrant — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Dutch: migrante — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Dutch: trekarbeider — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Dutch: trekarbeidster — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Estonian: migrant — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Finnish: siirtolainen — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Finnish: siirtotyöläinen — person moving from one region or country to another
  • French: migrateur — person moving from one region or country to another
  • French: migratrice — person moving from one region or country to another
  • French: immigré — person moving from one region or country to another
  • French: immigrée — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Galician: migrante — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Georgian: მიგრანტი (migranṭi) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • German: Migrant — person moving from one region or country to another
  • German: Migrantin — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Greek: μετανάστης (metanástis) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Greek: μετανάστρια (metanástria) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Hindi: प्रवासी (pravāsī) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Hungarian: migráns — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Italian: migratore — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Italian: migratrice — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Japanese: 移住者 (ijūsha) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Japanese: 渡り者 (watarimono) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Japanese: 移民 (imin) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Korean: 이민 (imin) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Latvian: migrants — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Lithuanian: migrantas — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Macedonian: преселник (preselnik) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Macedonian: преселничка (preselnička) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Macedonian: мигра́нт (migránt) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Macedonian: мигра́нтка (migrántka) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Māori: manuheke — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: migrant — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Persian: مهاجر (mohâjer) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Polish: migrant — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Polish: migrantka — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Portuguese: migrante — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Russian: мигра́нт (migránt) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Russian: мигра́нтка (migrántka) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Russian: переселе́нец (pereselénec) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Russian: переселе́нка (pereselénka) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Serbo-Croatian: мѝгрант — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Serbo-Croatian: мѝгранткиња — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Serbo-Croatian: mìgrant — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Serbo-Croatian: mìgrantkinja — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Slovak: migrant — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Slovak: migrantka — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Slovene: migrant — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Slovene: migrantka — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Spanish: migrante — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Swedish: migrant — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Tajik: муҳоҷир (muhojir) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Ukrainian: мігра́нт (mihránt) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Ukrainian: мігра́нтка (mihrántka) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Ukrainian: переселе́нець (pereselénecʹ) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Ukrainian: переселе́нка (pereselénka) — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Uzbek: migrant — person moving from one region or country to another
  • Uzbek: muhojir — person moving from one region or country to another
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