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

Born in Shanghai, China, in 1933, Greenhalgh emigrated to Canada at age 14, accompanied only by a guardian. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2026

Construction worker José Luis Caguana Cosquillo, 26, emigrated from Ecuador about six years ago and leaves behind a 4-year-old son and pregnant wife. — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026

Chef and owner Gordy Moufarrej emigrated from Lebanon to Montreal as a boy and uses his mother’s homemade za’atar in these addictive flatbreads. — Luke Pyenson, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026

The president of the San Diego Unified school board, Barrera is a first-generation San Diegan whose father emigrated from Colombia. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Founder Levi Strauss was born in Buttenheim, Bavaria, in 1829, and emigrated to San Francisco during the California Gold Rush. — Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Many Israelis viewed this as a racist slur against Eisenkot, whose parents emigrated from Morocco. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

My mother was born to parents who emigrated in the 1950s during Batista’s regime. — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

In 1944, a few weeks after the liberation of France, Georges Zurabishvili, who had emigrated to France from Georgia in the 1920s, was bundled into a car by three men with machine guns. — Tobias Grey, Air Mail, 10 Oct. 2026