IMMIGRATION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for IMMIGRATION?

Need another word that means the same as “immigration”? Find 1 synonym and 30 related words for “immigration” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Immigration” are: in-migration

Immigration as a Noun

Definitions of "Immigration" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “immigration” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The place at an airport or country's border where government officials check the documents of people entering that country.
• The body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval.
• Migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there.
• The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.

Synonyms of "Immigration" as a noun (1 Word)

in-migration

Migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there.

Usage Examples of "Immigration" as a noun

• The airport has long queues at immigration and baggage reclaim.
• A barrier to control illegal immigration from Mexico.
• The increased immigration strengthened the colony.

Associations of "Immigration" (30 Words)

anywhere	At or in or to any place anyplace is used informally for anywhere. He could get anywhere from three to seven years.
atlas	The topmost vertebra of the backbone, articulating with the occipital bone of the skull. I looked in the atlas to see where Naples was.
cartographer	A person who draws or produces maps. A cartographer in the British army.
continent	Any of the world’s main continuous expanses of land (Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, Antarctica). There are seven continents.
continental	Forming or belonging to a continent. Continental waters.
cosmos	The universe seen as a well-ordered whole. The new gender free intellectual cosmos.
eastern	Of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States. An eastern wind.
everywhere	To or in any or all places; (`everyplace’ is used informally fo. He carried a gun everywhere he went.
global	Involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope. Give students a global picture of what is involved in the task.
globalization	Growth to a global or worldwide scale. Fears about the increasing globalization of the world economy.
globalize	Develop or be developed so as to make international influence or operation possible. Building facilities overseas is part of the strategy of every company that aims to globalize.
globe	Form something into a globe. A brandy globe.
globular	Globe-shaped; spherical. Plants with distinctive globular blooms.
intercontinental	Extending or taking place between or among continents. An intercontinental flight.
international	Any of several international socialist organizations. A violation of international law.
internationally	In, between, or among many different nations. Companies looking to trade internationally.
localization	The fact of being or becoming located or fixed in a particular place. Differences in localization of growth control molecules in carcinoma.
macrocosm	Everything that exists anywhere.
migration	A group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period. This butterfly s annual migration across North America.
multinational	Including or involving several countries or individuals of several nationalities. The oil industry was entirely controlled by five multinationals.
nationally	Extending throughout an entire nation. Nationally advertised.
nonnative	Of persons born in another area or country than that lived in. Our large nonnative population.
overseas	In a foreign country. He spent quite a lot of time working overseas.
populous	Having a large population; densely populated. The populous city of Shanghai.
southward	In a southerly direction. People began a southward drift.
transnational	Involving or operating in several nations or nationalities. Transnational terrorist networks.
traveler	A person who changes location.
westward	A direction or region towards the west. They traveled westward toward the setting sun.
world	Everything that exists anywhere. He has almost completely withdrawn from the world.
worldwide	Of worldwide scope or applicability. Worldwide distribution.