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

What to do about the daily pile-up Mail, keys and reusable bags have a way of migrating onto kitchen counters and staying there. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

Ahern’s use case — the same lamps migrating from bathside to kitchen counter to summer garden — is the tell. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026

The Democratic Obama and Biden administrations banned leasing on roughly half the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, which is home to wildlife such as caribou and polar bears and provides habitat for millions of migrating birds. — Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

According to Charles Seabrook, by the end of September, about 15 million to 20 million birds (including those coming from places north) may be migrating over Georgia during a single night. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Native American groups have argued that the construction could inhibit their ability to practice their faith and is damaging important religious sites while environmentalists worry the wall will cause flooding or keep animals from migrating. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

In California, for example, rice farmers are paid to flood their fields during key weeks of the year, for the use of migrating birds. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Native American groups have argued that the construction could inhibit their ability to practice their faith and is damaging important religious sites, while environmentalists worry the wall will cause flooding or keep animals from migrating. — CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026

Whale watchers, meanwhile, should consider late March, when migrating gray whales travel north along the Oregon Coast toward their summer feeding grounds. — Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026