migratory

mi·gra·to·ry

adj \ˈmī-grə-ˌtȯr-ē\

Definition of MIGRATORY

1

: of, relating to, or characterized by migration

2

: wandering, roving

Examples of MIGRATORY

1. <most of the apple crop is picked by migratory workers>
2. <migratory birds heading south for the winter>

First Known Use of MIGRATORY

1708

Related to MIGRATORY

Synonyms: migrant, mobile

Antonyms: nonmigrant, nonmigrating, nonmigratory, resident

Related Words: errant, fugitive, itinerant, nomadic, peregrine, peripatetic, ranging, roaming, roving, tramp, traveling (or travelling), vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring; ambulant, ambulatory, drifting, fiddle-footed, footloose, gadabout, gallivanting (also galavanting), meandering, rambling, sauntering, strolling, traipsing, walking

Near Antonyms: immobile, stationary; established, fast, fixed, rooted, sedentary, set, settled

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Rhymes with MIGRATORY

a priori, allegory, amatory, auditory, bedtime story, cacciatore, castratory, category, con amore, cover story, crematory, damnatory, decretory, dilatory, dormitory, excretory, expletory, feudatory, fumitory, Göteborg, gustatory, gyratory, horror story, hortatory, hunky-dory, inventory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, minatory, monitory, Montessori, morning glory, nugatory, offertory, oratory, overstory, piscatory, precatory, predatory, prefatory, probatory, promissory, promontory, purgatory, repertory, Ruwenzori, signatory, statutory, sudatory, territory, transitory, understory, vibratory, vomitory, yakitori