MIGRATIONS Synonyms
There are 18 hypernyms of the word migrations. (close relations)
Definition of MIGRATIONS
Best Alternative Words for MIGRATIONS
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| displacement | nounn | |||||||
noun • act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics • an event in which something is displaced without rotation • the act of uniform movement • (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one • to move something from its natural environment • act of removing from office or employment | ||||||||
| emigration | nounn | |||||||
noun • migration from a place (especially migration from your native country in order to settle in another) | ||||||||
| exodus | nounn | |||||||
noun • a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment • the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus | ||||||||
| immigration | nounn | |||||||
noun • migration into a place (especially migration to a country of which you are not a native in order to settle there) • the body of immigrants arriving during a specified interval | ||||||||
| movement | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a change of position that does not entail a change of location • the act of changing location from one place to another • a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something • a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals • a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata • a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end • an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object • a euphemism for defecation • a general tendency to change (as of opinion) • the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) • the act of changing the location of something | ||||||||
| relocation | nounn | |||||||
noun • the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) • the act of changing your residence or place of business | ||||||||
| resettlement | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) | ||||||||
| shift | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an event in which something is displaced without rotation • a qualitative change • the time period during which you are at work • the act of changing one thing or position for another • the act of moving from one place to another • (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other • a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time • the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters • a woman's sleeveless undergarment • a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist verb • make a shift in or exchange of • change place or direction • move around • move very slightly • move from one setting or context to another • change in quality • move and exchange for another • move sideways or in an unsteady way • move abruptly • use a shift key on a keyboard • change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change • change gears • lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | ||||||||
