Synonyms of migrations

migrations

noun

plural of migration

as in relocations

the act of moving or being moved out of one place and into another

The family spent months planning their migration to a new country.

Related Words

• relocations
• emigrations
• departures
• resettlements
• diasporas
• displacements
• evacuations
• deportations
• dispersions
• exoduses
• expulsions
• banishments
• exiles
• scatterings
• expatriations
• goings
• transportations
• relegations
• partings
• exits
• extraditions
• leaves
• farewells
• ejections
• leave-takings
• decampments
• outgoes
• dispossessions
• ousters
• ostracisms

Dissimilar Words

• returns
• repatriations
• immigrations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of migrations

And South Sudan's first World Heritage site, the Boma–Badingilo Migratory Landscape, protects a vast sweep of savanna, wetlands, and floodplains crossed by one of the world's largest terrestrial mammal migrations. — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

From nomadic migrations to geek culture, many of the works seek to record and archive changing relations to place and community, not only in Doha but across the Gulf region. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

About 15,000,000 Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims crossed these new boundaries in one of history’s largest mass migrations. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Total or even partial migrations can seem particularly implausible for organizations that depend on VMware technology. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026

The Great Hunger and subsequent Irish migrations still burden those scattered among cliffs and bogs; and when Tomás emerges from a wood, transformed by a mystical encounter, Liam must push them to finish their task. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

What followed was one of the largest mass migrations in American history. — Andre Byik, USA Today, 29 June 2026

The experience is nothing like a trip to see the Serengeti-Maasai Mara migrations, which can draw up to 700,000 people a year. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026

Though more commonly associated with their long migrations from Alaska to Hawaii or showing off for whale watchers off the coast of New England, a unique population of humpback whales call the Arabian Sea home. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 June 2026