Synonyms for expatriate
- noun
- adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
One who lives outside one's own country, especially temporarily for a profession or education.
- n. 2
One who has been banished from one's own country.
- adj. 1
Living outside of one's own country.
an expatriate rebel force
Related words
- Word family
- expat
Forms
- Plural
- expatriates → immigrants, émigrés, emigrants, outlanders…
Choose the right word
One may expatriate or exile himself; he is banished by others.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- immigrant The interpretation is confirmed by the immigrant.
- emigrant We all have emigrant ancestors.
- exile It has been a long time since he went into exile.
- expat Yanni is an expat and he's relocating to Algeria.
By length
- 5 letters
- exile2, expat
- 7 letters
- outland2
- 8 letters
- emigrant3
- 9 letters
- immigrant3, outlander
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exile2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- expatrié
- Deutsch
- Auswanderer