Synonyms of migrates

migrates

verb

present tense third-person singular of migrate

as in relocates

to move from one place to another

Every fall, hundreds of college students migrate to this town.

Related Words

• relocates
• travels
• resettles
• emigrates
• trips
• treks
• journeys
• wanders
• tours
• defects
• pilgrimages
• roams
• transfers
• voyages
• roves
• road-trips
• peregrinates
• hops
• knocks (about)
• traipses
• rambles
• gallivants
• jaunts
• perambulates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of migrates

Where institutional trust is thin, trust migrates to individuals. — Juan Arroyo, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Turdus migratorius means a thrush that migrates, but other thrush species besides robins also migrate. — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Monarch butterflies typically live from two to six weeks, with the exception of the last generation of the year (meaning butterflies that complete the life cycle and survive to see winter) that migrates. — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Both the hexagon and decagon sit on jet streams, but the hexagon is practically stationary whereas the decagon migrates eastward at a tame 6 mph (10 kph). — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Both sit on jet streams, but the hexagon is practically stationary whereas the decagon migrates eastward at a tame 6 mph (10 kph). — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Experts have long said Southern California’s sand predominantly migrates south; however, a closer look shows that slow summer swells and other seasonal conditions sometimes push smaller amounts of sediment north. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

The child’s arm wraps around the woman’s neck, where the brown of her hair migrates into the pale flesh of his wrist. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

The unmissable experience—the thing worth showing up for, worth keeping the ticket stub from—migrates back to wherever scarcity lives. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026