Migrant and Native

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Migrant noun - One that leaves one place to settle in another.

Usage example: the city will have to expand and upgrade its social services in order to handle the latest influx of migrants

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Native is an antonym for migrant in person who moves to a foreign place topic.

Nearby Words: migrate, migration, migratory, migrating

Native noun - A usually longtime resident of a locality.

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Migrant is an antonym for native.

Nearby Words: nativity, natively

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Native and Migrant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/migrant/native

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