Synonyms of emigrating

emigrating

verb

present participle of emigrate

as in migrating

to leave a country or region to live elsewhere

—often + from

My grandparents emigrated from Hungary.

Related Words

• migrating
• relocating
• resettling
• moving
• exiting
• bailing
• departing
• defecting
• quitting
• parting
• fleeing
• escaping
• running along
• pulling out
• walking out
• stepping (along)
• pushing on
• getting off
• bailing out
• pushing off
• peeling off
• starting
• digging out
• getting
• booking
• cutting out
• shoving (off)
• evacuating
• taking off
• packing (up or off)
• buzzing (off)
• scarpering
• going off
• absconding
• clearing out
• sallying (forth)
• going
• flying
• clearing off
• vamoosing
• striking out
• skipping
• setting out
• buggering off
• decamping
• bugging out
• running away
• deserting
• abandoning
• getting out
• bugging off
• piking (out or off)
• forsaking
• vacating
• retiring
• retreating
• scramming
• going out
• withdrawing
• removing
• stepping out
• mizzling
• adjourning
• scatting
• lighting out

Dissimilar Words

• remaining
• immigrating
• staying
• settling
• coming
• dwelling
• arriving
• lodging
• abiding
• showing up
• tarrying
• turning up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of emigrating

But emigrating or going to a big city, if everyone does that, then the area doesn’t have a chance to regenerate. — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

The digital content marketer, who describes himself as a pacifist, says this was his second attempt at emigrating. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

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

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

Cost of living and taxes ranked above political climate as the primary driver—cited by 68% of those open to emigrating, compared to 54% who named politics. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 June 2026

The fundraiser said Solomon was born and raised in Ghana, eventually emigrating to the United States, attaining a nursing degree from Samuel Merritt University. — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 8 June 2026

The Pelago Café’s story began in the region of Emilia‑Romagna, where both Amidei and Hitchmough’s fathers were born — both families emigrating to Highwood, Illinois in the late 1960s, where their daughters Ruthie and Mada were raised. — Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026

No one wants to swim in that immense sea that has swallowed so many rafters since Cubans began emigrating after the arrival of Castroism in 1959. — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026