Synonyms of emigrate

emigrate

verb

as in to migrate

to leave a country or region to live elsewhere

—often + from

My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.

Related Words

• migrate
• relocate
• resettle
• move
• bail
• exit
• depart
• pull out
• peel off
• get off
• bail out
• walk out
• run along
• flee
• push off
• quit
• dig out
• push on
• pack (up or off)
• step (along)
• cut out
• begone
• escape
• take off
• book
• go off
• set out
• strike out
• go
• clear out
• shove (off)
• evacuate
• abscond
• get
• pike (out or off)
• sally (forth)
• vamoose
• clear off
• part
• scarper
• defect
• start
• bugger off
• fly
• buzz (off)
• get out
• run away
• bug out
• skip
• bug off
• decamp
• vacate
• retire
• forsake
• abandon
• withdraw
• go out
• step out
• desert
• scram
• retreat
• remove
• adjourn
• light out
• mizzle
• scat

Dissimilar Words

• remain
• stay
• immigrate
• settle
• come
• dwell
• abide
• arrive
• show up
• lodge
• turn up
• tarry

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of emigrate

Some emigres seek to avoid military service The digital content marketer who left says this was his second attempt at emigrating. — Dasha Litvinova, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

The state wants to protect children, but who wants to protect the basic rights of people to decide after high school to work, marry, emigrate — to go make a life? — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

But by rooting her tale in Maya’s family ties, the writer-director explores the complicity of well-to-do South Asian diasporas, and the foundations that afford them the luxury of emigrating in the first place. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

After her release in 1978, Stötzer once again declined the opportunity to emigrate to the West. — Elisa R. Linn, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

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