Synonyms of emigrated

emigrated

verb

past tense of emigrate

as in migrated

to leave a country or region to live elsewhere

—often + from

My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.

Related Words

• migrated
• relocated
• resettled
• moved
• departed
• bailed
• exited
• stepped (along)
• walked out
• dug out
• pulled out
• defected
• packed (up or off)
• fled
• pushed on
• peeled off
• got off
• went off
• pushed off
• bailed out
• ran along
• parted
• cleared out
• cut out
• cleared off
• escaped
• buzzed (off)
• started
• quit
• set out
• sallied (forth)
• scarpered
• absconded
• got
• struck out
• went
• decamped
• booked
• evacuated
• vamoosed
• shoved (off)
• buggered off
• took off
• flew
• got out
• bugged out
• skipped
• ran away
• went out
• bugged off
• abandoned
• piked (out or off)
• stepped out
• retired
• forsook
• deserted
• vacated
• lit
• withdrew
• removed
• mizzled
• retreated
• scrammed
• scatted
• adjourned

Dissimilar Words

• immigrated
• remained
• stayed
• settled
• came
• arrived
• lodged
• turned up
• dwelled
• showed up
• tarried
• abided

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of emigrated

The children who’d grown up in the house—eight of them, raised by a single mother who emigrated from Ireland—were equally, if not more, delighted. — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026

Though her work has kept her moving, the New York native has long considered Greece, the country from which her mother's family emigrated to Manhattan, like a second home. — Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2026

Barai, who emigrated to Illinois from India to study medicine 51 years ago, compared the relationship to first-generation immigrants’ experiences caring for family in both the homeland and their new country. — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Born in Kosovo, Morina emigrated with his family to Germany in the 1990s, before the war that would ultimately lead to the country’s independence. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026

O'Connor's great-grandparents emigrated from Italy and settled in New Jersey. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Her maternal grandmother emigrated from the southern Campania region as a child, and married a Lazio man in Syracuse, New York. — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

The house was converted into a hotel in 2018 by Tomás Álvarez Aja, a Mexican tech entrepreneur whose ancestors emigrated to the Americas from Asturias—a social class known locally as Indianos. — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026

Her family emigrated to the United States when Chan was 13, settling in San Francisco’s Chinatown. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026