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

Lights Out Wisconsin estimates more than 24,000 birds will be migrating through the Milwaukee area, while roughly 19 million will be making their way across Wisconsin. — Blaise Mesa, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Alternative fuel sources saving some money for districts The Council Rock School District in lower Bucks County started migrating to propane back in the 2022-23 school year. — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Hummingbirds are expected to start migrating south in the next few months as temperatures are expected to go down, and most importantly, daylight hours decrease. — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 25 Aug. 2026

All the while, the heat coming from the pan is slowly migrating toward the center of the meat, gently cooking it to my goal temperature. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Japanese laborers had been migrating to Hawaii since the 1890s, mainly to work on sugar plantations. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2026

Others are considering migrating to Canada, Chile or Brazil, where some moved before coming to the United States, Nampy said. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Telecom ultimately cleared the hurdle by migrating from hardware to software, adopting new business models and adapting the regulatory rules that had governed an industry built on landlines. — Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Watch thousands of migrating monarch butterflies make their winter home in the trees of Pismo State Beach. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026