Synonyms of migrating

migrating

verb

present participle of migrate

as in relocating

to move from one place to another

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

Related Words

• relocating
• traveling
• resettling
• emigrating
• journeying
• touring
• trekking
• transferring
• tripping
• defecting
• voyaging
• pilgrimaging
• wandering
• roaming
• peregrinating
• hopping
• roving
• gallivanting
• traipsing
• knocking (about)
• road-tripping
• perambulating
• jaunting
• rambling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of migrating

Humans migrating north towards Nicaragua from parts of South America brought avocado seeds and then planted the fruit in Central America’s humid lowlands. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 July 2026

The sand added for each of those projects has been generally migrating south. — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026

Other enterprises recently revealed to be migrating off of VMware include Allstate, T-Mobile, and UK grocery chain Tesco. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026

After migrating from Seoul to Montana as a young child, Suea first fell in love with fashion as a teenager growing up in New Jersey, begging her parents to take her to the mall to visit the Abercrombie & Fitch store after church on Sundays. — Violet Conroy, Vogue, 15 July 2026

The visit comes at the time of year when great white sharks start migrating north to warmer waters for a larger food supply, as previously reported by USA TODAY. — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Some propose walls and ditches to keep people from migrating. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026

The lupines have reappeared within the last 15 years, migrating from Oregon and forming new packs, largely clustered in the northeastern portion of California. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

The potential threat quantum computers pose has also led governments across the globe to begin migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). — IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2026