emigrate
Depart your homeland
To emigrate is to leave one's country to settle permanently in another.
The word emphasizes departure from the homeland rather than arrival at the destination: My grandparents emigrated from Poland in 1923.
Compare with immigrate, which emphasizes entering the new country.
People emigrate from somewhere and immigrate to somewhere, though the distinction blurs in casual usage.
Travel authorization stamp
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- green cardU.S. residency document
permanent resident · work permit · residency · asylum · consulate · embassy · documentation · sponsorship
Mass departure from somewhere
- dispersalSpreading in many directions
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
scattering · exile · banishment · refugee crisis · ethnic cleansing · persecution · resettlement · uprooting
Favorable circumstance for advancement
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- ambitionDesire for achievement
better life · escape · freedom · persecution · war · famine · poverty · adventure
Sanctioned time away
- departLeave a place
- relocateEstablish residence elsewhere
- moveChange location or act
- resettleMove to live elsewhere
uproot · exit · withdraw · go abroad · leave home · say goodbye · pack up · start over
Absorbing into a whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- culture shockDisorientation from unfamiliar ways
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- acculturationAdopting another group's customs
language barrier · homesickness · belonging · identity · starting fresh · new beginning · fitting in · making friends
Citizen living abroad
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
- outsiderOne excluded from group
alien · foreigner · expat community · overseas worker · living abroad · foreign assignment · digital nomad · trailing spouse
visa
Travel authorization stamp
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
green card · permanent resident · work permit · residency · asylum · consulate · embassy · documentation · sponsorship · application
exodus
Mass departure from somewhere
- dispersalSpreading in many directions
- displacementRemoval from usual location
- expulsionForced permanent removal
flight · scattering · exile · banishment · refugee crisis · ethnic cleansing · persecution · resettlement · uprooting · remittances
opportunity
Favorable circumstance for advancement
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
ambition · better life · escape · freedom · persecution · war · famine · poverty · adventure · reunion
leave
Sanctioned time away
resettle · uproot · exit · withdraw · go abroad · leave home · say goodbye · pack up · start over · bid farewell
assimilation
Absorbing into a whole
- integrationCombining into a whole
- culture shockDisorientation from unfamiliar ways
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
acculturation · language barrier · homesickness · belonging · identity · starting fresh · new beginning · fitting in · making friends · nostalgia
expat
Citizen living abroad
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
outsider · alien · foreigner · expat community · overseas worker · living abroad · foreign assignment · digital nomad · trailing spouse · host country
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- movingmoving, moving truck, move out, move in, movers
- relocationrelocation, transfer, relocate, resettle, move
- traveltrip, trips, journey, journeys, travel
- movement verbsgo, walk, run, move, walked
- homophoneshomophones, hear, here, see, sea
emigraterepatriate
Return to origin country
return home · come back · return · remigrate · come home
- emigrant shipVessel transporting those leaving home
emigration, emigrant, emigrated, emigrating, emigrates, emigrants, emigrations