RELOCATION Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

relocation

noun

Definition of relocation

as in migration

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of relocation The relocation option existed, and another negotiated San Diego plan did not. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026 This is the second school relocation this fall, after heavy rains damaged Meacham Middle School. — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026 Celebrities still retreat here despite the relocation of the film festival. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2026 Construction of intersection improvements will immediately follow utility relocation completion. — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026 As a result, companies are mixing up their relocation strategies, with more than half both diversifying and regionalizing and about a third nearshoring and reshoring. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026 Its the latter that will now have its APGC leadership team based in Singapore, with the change and relocation expected to occur in fiscal year 2028. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026 Initially, local and state leaders considered a relocation plan for some homes and businesses that would get people out of harm’s way, but the project faltered. — Cengiz Yar, ProPublica, 3 Nov. 2026 Yet only 36% knew that federal law allows libraries to seek FEMA relocation funding to move to safer ground, and just 51% had an emergency preparedness plan. — Daniel P. Aldrich, The Conversation, 2 Nov. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for relocation

Noun

Multilateral development banks must be able to mobilize funds for the green and digital transitions, so that climate migration and competition over resources do not become drivers of interstate conflict.

— Pedro Sánchez, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2026
For hunters who love to witness these migrations, and who enjoy exploring wild and beautiful country, the mule deer is the perfect beast.

— Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of migration

Noun

Prikryl’s early dislocations made language feel as fungible to her as national identity.

— Langdon Hammer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Only because the profound dislocations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries had obscured millennia of ordinary building practice.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of dislocation

Noun

At the same time, the shifting of the national political winds often has an impact in Connecticut.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026
Heated grips come as standard, while a reversible gearshift mechanism allows riders to switch to a race-style reverse shifting pattern for circuit use.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026