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Synonyms for migratory

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  1. Having fixed habits of migration; said especially of birds

    seasonal, transient, impermanent, emigrating, immigrating, passing over, like birds of passage, here for the winter, arrived for the summer, in a flyway.

    Antonyms local*, hibernating, nonmigratory.

  2. Given to moving; said especially of transient labor

    shifting, changing, unsettled, casual, roving, wandering, nomadic, tramp, vagrant, on the move; see also temporary.

    Antonyms permanent*, steady, settled.

See migratory in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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