| Main Entry: | migrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, travel to another place |
Synonyms: |
drift, emigrate, immigrate, journey, leave, nomadize, range, roam, rove, shift, transmigrate, trek, voyage, wander |
Antonyms: |
stay |
| Main Entry: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, retreat |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abdicate, absent, beat it, blast off, cut and run, cut out, decamp, desert, disappear, emigrate, escape, evacuate, exit, get away, git, go, go away, go forth, hit the bricks, hit the road, hit the trail, make a break, march out, migrate, move on, move out, part, perish, pull out, quit, remove, retire, sally forth, say goodbye, scram, secede, set forth, shove off, slip away, split*, start, start out, take leave, tergiversate, troop, vacate, vanish, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
arrive, come, enter |
| Main Entry: | emigrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move to new country |
Synonyms: |
depart, migrate, move abroad, quit, remove, transmigrate |
| Notes: | to emigrate or immigrate is to enter a new country to take up residency; the only real difference between these words is you emigrate from your country to another country and you immigrate into (or to) another country |
Antonyms: |
remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | immigrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enter a foreign area intending to live there |
Synonyms: |
arrive, colonize, come in, go in, migrate, settle |
Antonyms: |
emigrate, stay |
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart, abandon physically |
Synonyms: |
abscond, beat it, break away, clear out, come away, cut out, decamp, defect, desert, disappear, ditch*, elope, embark, emigrate, escape, exit, flee, flit, fly, forsake, give the slip, go, go away, go forth, head out, issue, migrate, move, move out, part, pull out, push off, quit, relinquish, remove oneself, retire, ride off, run along, sally, say goodbye, scram, set out, slip out, split*, start, step down, take a hike, take leave, take off, vacate, vamoose, vanish, walk out, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
come, go |
| Main Entry: | move |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be in motion, put in motion |
Synonyms: |
actuate, advance, blow, budge, bustle, carry, change, climb, crawl, cross, depart, dislocate, disturb, drift, drive, exit, flow, fly, get away, get going, get off, glide, go, go away, head for, hurry, impel, jump, leap, leave, locomote, march, migrate, off-load, position, proceed, progress, propel, pull out, push, quit, relocate, remove, roll, run, scram, shift, ship, shove, skip out, split, stir, switch, take off, transfer, transport, transpose, travel, traverse, walk, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
fix, pause, remain, stay, stop |
| Main Entry: | scatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strew, disperse |
Synonyms: |
besprinkle, broadcast, cast, derange, diffuse, disband, discard, disject, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, disunite, diverge, divide, expend, fling, intersperse, litter, migrate, part, pour, put to flight, run away, scramble, separate, set, set asunder, sever, shatter, shed, shower, sow, spend, split up, spray, spread, sprinkle, sunder, take off in all directions, throw around, throw out |
Antonyms: |
collect, gather |
| Main Entry: | travel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | journey on a trip or tour |
Synonyms: |
adventure, carry, cover, cover ground, cross, cruise, drive, explore, fly, get through, go, go abroad, go camping, go into orbit, go riding, hop, jaunt, jet, junket, knock around, make a journey, make one's way, migrate, motor, move, overnight, proceed, progress, ramble, roam, rove, sail, scour, set forth, set out, sightsee, take a boat, take a plane, take a train, take a trip, tour, transmit, traverse, trek, vacation, visit, voyage, walk, wander, weekend, wend |
Antonyms: |
remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | trek |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | journey |
Synonyms: |
be on the move, be on the trail, foot, hike, hit the road, march, migrate, plod, range, roam, rove, slog, traipse, tramp, travel, trudge, walk |
Antonyms: |
stay |
| Main Entry: | colonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | settle |
Synonyms: |
conquer, found, immigrate, migrate, people, pioneer, transplant |