RELOCATING Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

relocating

verb

present participle of relocate

as in moving

to change the place or position of those volumes have been relocated to the second floor of the library

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Recent Examples of relocating Matt Butler, the founder of the educational advisory firm Butler Method International, worked with an English family that was relocating to New York and toured Harrow New York approximately 18 months ago. — Ashley Baker, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026 Shawn and Kiana Morrison founded the restaurant after relocating to Charlotte from New York, CharlotteFive previously reported. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026 Individuals with limited financial resources might have fewer options for relocating or for making home improvements in preparation for extreme weather. — Bethany Tietjen, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026 Wang’s film adapts Tanizaki Junichiro’s novel of the same name, relocating the story to present-day Tokyo, with Fan starring opposite Lily Franky and Kudoh Youki. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026 Another benefit to relocating to Paraguay is its low tax burden for foreign retirees as expats don’t have to pay local taxes on their Social Security income. — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026 In any event, relocating an entertainment behemoth out of California, to some entertainment hinterland like those states, would be more complicated and certainly costly than staying put. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 But for many leaders, vacations have become little more than relocating the office to a more attractive backdrop. — Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Nearly 30 years after a million starving aliens were stranded near Johannesburg, a bureaucrat tasked with forcibly relocating them is exposed to an alien chemical and starts to experience changes. — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for relocating

Verb

Optical fiber, however, provides a practical path for moving information across long distances.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
This book doesn’t use that idea too much, but moving from room to room like that is in there for sure.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of moving

Verb

However, the debate in Europe is not about completely removing the EU AI Act.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
In recent weeks, SOUTHCOM has also released several videos showing military personnel intercepting and boarding vessels allegedly involved in narco-trafficking before removing their crews and sinking the boats.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of removing

Verb

Finance leaders should periodically compare the cost of transferring risk with the company’s ability to retain and finance portions of it.

— Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Among these moves were Nico Paz joining Como, striker Gonzalo Garcia transferring to Fulham and Victor Munoz’s move to Liverpool from Osasuna, when Madrid owned 50 per cent of his rights.

— Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of transferring

Verb

The announcements came at Meta Connect 2026 as the company continues shifting its wearable strategy toward glasses and its personal AI agent, Muse.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
Then came a quieter reaction—people shifting in their seats, glancing at one another, going still in a way that had nothing to do with boredom.

— Julian De Freitas, Harvard Business Review, 24 Sep. 2026