Synonyms for refugee
ˌrɛf yʊˈdʒi, ˈrɛf yʊˌdʒirefugee

Princeton's WordNet

1. refugeenoun

   an exile who flees for safety

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1. • Exile

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1. refugeenoun

   Synonyms:
   fugitive, runaway

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1. List of paraphrases for "refugee":

   refugees, refuge, asylum, réfugiés

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1. Deputy President William Ruto:

   The refugee camp poses an existential security threat to Kenya.

2. Madeleine Albright:

   I've been a refugee twice, once from the Nazis and we were in England, and then we came to the United States when the communists took over in Czechoslovakia. And I think that it is one of the most un-American things I've ever heard.

3. Archbishop Ieronymos:

   If the world community, the leaders of powerful states, and international organizations do not take bold decisions, the ever-threatening presence of vulnerable refugee women and children will continue to grow globally, together we must shake the rocks and the walls against the intransigence of the powerful of the Earth.

4. Josef Joffe:

   The point is not to bring down Merkel, but to chasten and force her to shift from 'open arms' to a more or less closed border to stem the refugee flow, i predict that Seehofer will succeed ... all the more so since she has been seriously weakened.

5. Deidre Berger:

   Much of the hate stems from anti-foreigner and anti-refugee sentiments, triggered by the influx of close to a million Muslims from the war-torn Middle East and Afghanistan.