Synonyms and antonyms of Moving to and living in a different country in British Thesaurus

immigration (noun)

the process in which people enter a country in order to live there permanently

asylum (noun)

the right to stay in a country, given by a government to protect someone who has escaped from war or political trouble in their own country

exile (noun)

someone who has been forced to live in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons

residence (noun)

the legal right to live in a country that is not your own

refugee (noun)

someone who leaves their country, especially during a war or other threatening event

immigrant (noun)

someone who comes to live in a country from another country

expatriate (noun)

someone who lives in a country that is not their own country

migrant (adjective)

a migrant person or animal is one that travels to a different place or country in order to stay there

emigrant (noun)

someone who leaves their country in order to live in another country. They are known in their new country as an immigrant.

émigré (noun)

someone who has left their country in order to live somewhere else, especially because they disagree with their country’s political system

accommodation centre (noun)

British a place where people who have entered a country without first getting permission live until officials decide whether or not they can live in the country permanently

adopted (adjective)

someone’s adopted country is the country they have chosen to live in and not the one they were born in

alien (noun)

mainly American someone who is not a citizen of the country they are living in

asylum seeker (noun)

someone who has to leave their own country because they are in danger and who arrives in another country and asks to be allowed to live there

balikbayan (noun)

Philippine English a Filipino who is visiting or returning to live in the Philippines after living somewhere else

boat people (noun)

people who arrive by boat in a country where they hope they will be allowed to live after escaping from their own country

CFA (noun)

Canadianinformal Come From Away: a term used in Canada's Atlantic provinces for someone who has moved to the area from somewhere else

colonist (noun)

one of the people who establish a colony, or who go to live in it

come from away (noun)

Canadianinformal a term used in Canada's Atlantic provinces for someone who has moved to the area from somewhere else

depopulation (noun)

a situation in which many people leave a place in order to live somewhere else

deportee (noun)

formal someone who is sent out of a country that is not their own country, usually because they do not have a legal right to be there

diaspora (noun)

formal the movement of a large group of people from their home country to other countries in the world

displaced person (noun)

someone who has been forced to leave their own country and live somewhere else, for example because there is a war in their own country

displacement (noun)

a situation in which a person is forced to leave their own country and go somewhere else to live

economic migrant (noun)

someone who goes to a new country because living conditions or opportunities for jobs are not good in their own country. This word is used by governments to show that a person is not considered a refugee (=someone who has been forced to leave their country for political reasons).

exile (noun)

a situation in which you are forced to live in a foreign country because you cannot live in your own country, usually for political reasons

expat (noun)

informal an expatriate

first generation (noun)

the generation of people who were the first from their country to go and live in another country

foreign-returned (adjective)

Indian English someone who is foreign-returned has returned to live in India after living in a foreign country, usually because they have studied or worked there

illegal (noun)

informal an illegal immigrant

illegal immigrant (noun)

someone who enters a country illegally, or who stays for a longer time than they are legally allowed

immigration (noun)

relating to immigration and the rules that control it

immigration (noun)

tourism the place, for example at an airport, where you show your passport and are officially allowed into a country. You go through immigration when you do this.

incomer (noun)

British someone who comes to live in a place

migrant (noun)

someone who travels to another place or country in order to find work

naturalise ()

a British spelling of naturalize

naturalize (verb)

to allow someone who was not born in a particular country to become an official citizen of that country

non-dom (noun)

British a person who lives in the UK but is not legally domiciled (= having the UK as their permanent home) there. Non-doms pay income tax on what they earn in the UK, but not on money they earn from other countries..

pioneer (noun)

one of the first people to travel to a new country and start living there, especially one of the first Europeans to start living in North America

residency (noun)

the legal right to live in a country that is not your own

resident alien (noun)

American someone from another country who has legal permission to live in the US

right of abode (noun)

official permission to live in a country

safe haven (noun)

protection given by a country to someone from another country who is in danger because of a war or other serious problems in their own country

second-generation (adjective)

used for describing someone who was born in the country that they live in but whose parents were not born there

settlement (noun)

a place where people have come to live permanently, usually when there were very few people living there before

settlement (noun)

the process of going to live in a place with few people and starting to make it into a community

settler (noun)

someone who goes to live in a place where not many people live, and starts to make it into a community