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

Sovereign setups offer fewer services and are often missing crucial security tools, plus migrating existing systems requires costly rebuilds. — Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Heading south to Miami, Florida before migrating west to Beverly Hills. — Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

These fish are anadromous, migrating through coastal ocean waters before entering brackish and freshwater rivers to spawn. — Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

China’s ancient tradition requiring a month of special postpartum care is evolving into an upscale, spalike experience – and slowly migrating to the West. — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2026

In what’s being characterized as a seamless transition, the process of migrating Gotham Sports users to the DAZN platform will begin at a date that has yet to be determined. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 July 2026

The Mississippi Flyway, one of the country’s most important migration routes, draws thousands of migrating birds through the corridor each spring. — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026

Howlin’ Wolf was born Chester Arthur Burnett in Mississippi and played in West Memphis, Arkansas, before migrating to Chicago in the 1950s. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

Meals were migrating to kitchen islands and oversized tables that shifted from dinner to homework, Zoom meetings, art projects, or late-night conversations. — Chinmaya Misra, Architectural Digest, 29 July 2026