refugees

NOUN

person running from something, often oppression

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alien displaced person emigrant evacuee exile expatriate foreigner

STRONG

DP castaway defector derelict deserter escapee foundling fugitive leper maroon outcast outlaw prodigal renegade runaway

WEAK

boat person expellee homeless person stateless person émigré

Antonyms

STRONGEST

citizen national native

Example Sentences

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In 1939, more than 900 Jewish refugees who were fleeing Nazi Germany aboard the MS St. Louis were turned away by Cuba and the United States.

From Los Angeles Times

For now, there is no major exodus of refugees from Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal

Care workers and refugees would have to wait longer.

From BBC

"Those same parties sit here on the municipal council, and in the eight or nine years I've been a member I've never heard a single one of them talk about refugees."

From Barron's

On the edge of Haarlem was a truck farm that hid refugees for short periods of time.

From Literature