migrant C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈmaɪɡrənt/ UK /ˈmaɪɡr(ə)nt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person or animal that moves from one region to another Migrant workers followed the harvest from south to north. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person or animal that... emigrantimmigrantnomadwandereritineranttravelertransient ↔ Opposites nativeresidentsettler Word family Related forms migratemigrationmigratoryemigrant Etymology AI details From Latin migrāns, present participle of migrāre 'to move from one place to another', from Proto-Indo-European *mei- 'to change, move'. migrāre Latin *mei- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # migrant **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmaɪɡrənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmaɪɡr(ə)nt/ ## Meanings 1. a person or animal that moves from one region to another ## Examples - Migrant workers followed the harvest from south to north. ## Synonyms - emigrant - immigrant - nomad - wanderer - itinerant - traveler - transient ## Antonyms - native - resident - settler ## Related Forms - migrate - migration - migratory - emigrant ## Roots and Affixes - Root: migrāre - Root: *mei- ## Etymology From Latin migrāns, present participle of migrāre 'to move from one place to another', from Proto-Indo-European *mei- 'to change, move'. ## AI Etymology Migrant comes from Latin migrāns, present participle of migrāre 'to move from one place to another', from Proto-Indo-European *mei- 'to change, move'. The etymological trail includes Latin migrāre, Proto-Indo-European *mei-. The same word family includes migrate, migration, migratory, emigrant. Its current noun use means "a person or animal that moves from one region to another". ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown