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haunt

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of haunt

1 a place for spending time or for socializing

  • one of their favorite after-school haunts is Joeʼs Pizza
Synonyms of haunt

hangout, purlieu, rendezvous, resort, stamping ground, stomping ground
Words Related to haunt

camp, canteen, club, clubhouse, country club, key club, service club, union

harbor, harborage, haven, nest, refuge, retreat, sanctuary

2 chiefly dialect the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people

  • we heard the local tales of a haunt in the choir loft and of a specter in the graveyard
Synonyms of haunt

apparition, bogey (also bogie), familiar spirit, ghost, hant [dialect], materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith
Words Related to haunt

angel, daimon, familiar, genie, genius, jinni (or jinn), shaitan

double, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), fetch

lemures, manes

incubus, lamia, succubus, vampire, zombie (also zombi)

cacodemon, demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp

haunt

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of haunt

to go to or spend time in often

  • much of her time is spent haunting antique shops in search of unique knobs for the curio cabinets she builds
Synonyms of haunt

affect, frequent, habituate, hang (at), resort (to), visit
Words Related to haunt

patronize

attend, take in

infest, invade, overrun, swarm

call (on or upon), drop by, drop in, pop (in), run (in), stop (in or by)

camp (out in), sojourn (at), stay (at), stop (over), tarry (in)
Near Antonyms of haunt

dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, shake
Antonyms of haunt

avoid, shun

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  1. See words that rhyme with haunt Dictionary: Definition of haunt Spanish Central: Translation of haunt Nglish: Translation of haunt for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of haunt for Arabic speakers

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