Migratory Synonyms and Antonyms

mīgrə-tôrē
Moving from one area to another in search of work
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. migrant
  2. itinerant
Used of animals that move seasonally
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. nonmigratory
Having fixed habits of migration; said especially of birds
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. seasonal
  2. transient
  3. impermanent
  4. emigrating
  5. immigrating
  6. passing-over
  7. like birds of passage
  8. here for the winter
  9. arrived for the summer
  10. in a flyway
Antonyms:
  1. local
  2. hibernating
  3. nonmigratory

Words Related to Migratory

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. temporary
  2. move
  3. flyway
  4. salmonids
  5. waterfowl
  6. waterbird
  7. ground-nesting
  8. nearctic

Migratory Sentence Examples

  • Females are more migratory than males.

  • Northern Alberta and the region farther north is the nesting-ground of the migratory birds.

  • Of birds there are more than 200 indigenous species, it is said, and migratory species are also numerous.

  • Many tribes in the south-west seem to be migratory.

  • Mackerel, cod, pollack and flat-fishes are the kinds most frequently attacked by them in the sea; of river-fish the migratory Salmonidae and the shad are sometimes found with the marks of the teeth of the lamprey, or with the fish actually attached to them.

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