relocating
Switching home base
Relocating is the process of moving to a new place, typically a home or business to a different area: We're relocating to Denver next month.
The word implies a more significant move than just changing addresses—often to a different city or region.
Companies relocate employees, and families relocate for job opportunities.
The noun relocation describes the move itself: The relocation package covered moving expenses.
Relocating abroad permanently
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- expatriationLeaving one's native country
diaspora · naturalization · citizenship · asylum · refugees · border · resettlement · sponsorship
Extracting from the earth
- evictionForced departure from rental
- exileBanishment from homeland
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- expulsionForced permanent removal
homelessness · dispossession · banishment · internment · gentrification · evacuation · squatter
Putting items in containers
- boxesSix-sided containers
- moversRelocation workers
- truckHeavy freight vehicle
- furnitureMovable room objects
belongings · unpacking · forwarding · hauling · loading · unloading · tape · inventory
Adjusting to new conditions
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
- establishingCreating or setting up
Move between locations
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- headquartersCentral command location
- branchDivision or woody limb
- stipendFixed regular payment
commute · secondment · posting · deployment · redeployment
immigration
Relocating abroad permanently
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
expatriation · diaspora · naturalization · citizenship · asylum · refugees · border · resettlement · sponsorship · consulate
uprooting
Extracting from the earth
- evictionForced departure from rental
- exileBanishment from homeland
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
expulsion · homelessness · dispossession · banishment · internment · gentrification · evacuation · squatter
packing
Putting items in containers
furniture · belongings · unpacking · forwarding · hauling · loading · unloading · tape · inventory · storage
acclimatization
Adjusting to new conditions
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- homesicknessLonging for one's dwelling
transfer
Move between locations
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- headquartersCentral command location
- branchDivision or woody limb
stipend · commute · secondment · posting · deployment · redeployment
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
- transfertransfer, transferring, transference, transmittal, transmitting
- movingmoving, moving truck, move out, move in, movers
- Moving Statusmoving, moved, in transit, transferred, transferring
- repositioningshifting, moving, repositioning, rearranging, adjusting
relocatingstaying
Continuing in place
remaining · staying put · not moving · settling · nonrelocating
relocatingsettling
Reaching resolution or rest
settling down · nesting · entrenching · establishing · homesteading
- forced relocationInvoluntary removal from home
- job relocationMoving for work
- relocation packageEmployer aid for transferring
- relocation expensesCosts of changing residence
- relocation servicesHelp transferring to new residence
- relocation centersFacilities housing displaced populations