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present participle of emigrate.

emigrating

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migrant/migratory adj.
migrational adj.
transient adj.
transient/transitory adj.
transmigratory adj.

ADJECTIVE

migrant/migratory

Synonyms

WEAK

casual changing drifting errant gypsy immigrant immigrating impermanent itinerant migrative migratorial mobile nomad nomadic on the move passing over passing through peripatetic ranging roving seasonal shifting temporary tramp transient transmigratory unsettled vagabond vagrant wandering

Antonyms

WEAK

staying

ADJECTIVE

migrational

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casual changing drifting errant immigrant immigrating impermanent itinerant migrant migrative migratorial mobile nomad nomadic on the move passing over passing through peripatetic ranging roving seasonal shifting temporary tramp transient transmigratory unsettled vagabond vagrant wandering

ADJECTIVE

transient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ephemeral fleeting short-term transitory

STRONG

brief flash fly-by-night flying fugitive passing short temporal volatile

WEAK

changeable deciduous evanescent flitting fugacious going by impermanent insubstantial migrating momentary moving provisional short-lived transmigratory unstable vacating

Antonyms

STRONGEST

enduring lasting lengthy long long-lived permanent perpetual

ADJECTIVE

transient/transitory

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WEAK

changeable deciduous ephemeral evanescent flash fleeting flitting fly-by-night flying fugacious fugitive going by impermanent insubstantial migrating momentary moving passing provisional short short-lived short-term temporal transmigratory unstable vacating volatile

Antonyms

WEAK

enduring incessant lasting long-lasting neverending permanent persistent undying

ADJECTIVE

transmigratory

Synonyms

WEAK

changing drifting errant immigrant immigrating impermanent itinerant migrant migrational migrative migratorial mobile nomad nomadic on the move passing over passing through peripatetic ranging roving seasonal shifting temporary transient unsettled vagrant wandering

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emigrating

In their last conversation, he suggested emigrating to Hawaii where he believed mixed-race marriages were more acceptable.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

The menu revolves around the food of Barsoom’s native Egypt, where she lived before emigrating to Canada in 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

The United States is looking to give former Afghan allies stuck in Qatar a choice between emigrating to the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo or returning to their Taliban-ruled homeland, an activist said Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

She’s working on her third novel, on Malaysia, where she was born before emigrating at age 2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

Then, through a series of misadventures, the family had ended up in China, finally emigrating to Canada in the twentieth century.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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