What does migratory mean?

migratory means "used of animals that move seasonally". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in migratory?

migratory has 4 syllables: mi-gra-to-ry. The stress falls on "mi". In IPA it is /ˈmaɪɡɹəˌtɔɹi/.

What is another word for migratory?

Close synonyms include migrant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of migratory?

The recorded antonyms are nonmigratory.

Is migratory a common word?

migratory is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with migratory?

59 words rhyme with migratory. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

migratory — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
used of animals that move seasonally
“migratory birds”
Antonymsnonmigratory
2.
habitually moving from place to place especially in search of seasonal work
“appalled by the social conditions of migrant life”
“migratory workers”
Synonymsmigrant
Similarunsettled

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What does migratory mean?: migratory means "used of animals that move seasonally". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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