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

Ma’s parents emigrated from China and eventually settled in New York. — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Three million Cubans emigrated between 2013-24, the Harvard report says, citing a loss of close to 30% of the population. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

My grandmother in Massachusetts, whose parents had emigrated from Poland, often welcomed us with a box of Entenmann’s danish twists during our visits. — Sean Carlson, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026

Few Republicans have frustrated Democrats in election after election like Valadao, a dairyman whose family emigrated from Portugal's Azores Islands. — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

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