- a person who comes to a country in order to settle there
Compare emigrant - (as modifier): an immigrant community
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
im•mi•grant /ˈɪmɪgrənt/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
adj. [before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- one who immigrates:laws against immigrants who tried to get work.
adj. [before a noun]
- of or relating to immigrants and immigration:a department of immigrant affairs.
im•mi•grant
(im′i grənt),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
- a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.
- an organism found in a new habitat.
adj.
- of or pertaining to immigrants and immigration:a department for immigrant affairs.
- immigrating.
- Latin immigrant- (stem of immigrāns), present participle of immigrāre to move into. See im-1, migrant
- 1780–90, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
immigrant /ˈɪmɪɡrənt/ n
'immigrant' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
East Indian
- emigrant
- fob
- greenhorn
- immigrate
- landed immigrant
- new chum
- New Australian
- New Canadian
- old country
- permanent resident
- pommy
- whenwe
- alien
- ecesis
- Ellis Island
- first-generation
- illegal alien
- incomer
- incoming
- Issei
- jimmy
- nationality
- padrone
- public charge
- reffo
- resident alien