Synonyms of haunts

haunts 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of haunt

as in frequents

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 & Similar Words

• frequents
• visits
• affects
• hangs (at)
• habituates
• resorts (to)
• invades
• attends
• infests
• runs (in)
• patronizes
• calls (on or upon)
• stops (by or in)
• camps (out in)
• overruns
• stays (at)
• stops (over)
• pops (in)
• takes in
• swarms
• drops in
• drops by
• tarries (in)
• sojourns (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• shuns
• escapes
• shakes
• eludes
• evades
• eschews
• ducks
• dodges

haunts

2 of 2

noun

plural of haunt

1

as in hangouts

a place for spending time or for socializing

one of their favorite after-school haunts is Joe's Pizza

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hangouts
• rendezvous
• refuges
• clubs
• purlieus
• resorts
• havens
• stomping grounds
• stamping grounds
• service clubs
• camps
• country clubs
• sanctuaries
• harbors
• clubhouses
• nests
• retreats
• key clubs
• unions
• canteens
• harborages

2

as in spirits

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 & Similar Words

• spirits
• ghosts
• apparitions
• shadows
• phantoms
• specters
• visions
• spooks
• wraiths
• phantasms
• poltergeists
• vampires
• demons
• materializations
• familiar spirits
• shades
• zombies
• hants
• visitants
• sprites
• bogeys
• angels
• ghouls
• familiars
• doubles
• fetches
• jinn
• daimones
• genies
• doppelgängers
• manes
• incubi
• succubi
• devils
• lemures
• shaitans
• imps
• fiends
• geniuses
• lamiae
• cacodemons

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of haunts

Verb

Directed by Sébastien Vanicek (2023’s Infested), the follow-up to 2023 reboot Evil Dead Rise stars Wednesday‘s Hunter Doohan in a story about curses lingering too long in a family and the undead that haunts them. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 7 July 2026

Tawanda Davis moved from her home on Bristol Street in March, but the explosion still haunts her. — Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 29 June 2026

Eventually, Armand killed Nicky while Lestat watched, an act of violence that still haunts Lestat to this day. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 June 2026

Most concerning, according to an analysis by the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, is a 2026-27 spending plan that is balanced on paper but drifting steadily toward a structural deficit like the one that haunts the city of San Diego. — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2026

The simple knowing haunts the home dweller, as eventually, all of the unseen areas have to be addressed. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 18 June 2026

Yes, Musk, too, wants to make his own GPUs, and that story haunts the price of Nvidia stock, too. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 14 June 2026

What remains in the movie field skews toward the streaming crowd-pleaser, and television voters, perhaps freed from the cinephile guilt that haunts Oscar season, tend to recognize (and reward) the pics that are flat-out fun to watch. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 June 2026

Which is why, five years later, this story still haunts me. — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026

Noun

And to return to some of favorite haunts, but also to see what's next. — Matt Zahn, CBS News, 27 June 2026

The younger Burrows spent hours of his youth in theaters and studios watching his father work, dining with him at such famed New York haunts as Sardi’s and Gallagher’s and meeting celebrities who attended his father’s New Year’s Eve parties. — Beth Harris, Fortune, 20 June 2026

More than just places to sleep, the best hospitality haunts offer superb spas for a little self-care and inviting rooms to rest. — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026

While restaurant and bar owners within the frozen zone bashed the NYPD on Monday for not allowing their patrons through to watch the game at their establishments, the NYPD made sure Wednesday that patrons were able to get to their favorite haunts on Wednesday. — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026

What happened next haunts the dreams, dents the bravura of every New Yorker. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 June 2026

The new Haunted Mansion-themed street party will feature show stops along the DCA parade route where Madame Leota will host a seance and wake with 999 happy haunts. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 June 2026

The acts played the same local haunts and campus functions before merging into a supergroup that would alter the course of modern music history. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026

Other haunts include the Duke on the Green pub in Fulham, southwest London (not far from The White Horse, a pub still known as the Sloaney Pony), The Cooper’s Arms in Chelsea and Paloma, formerly Boujis, another hangout for young royals and celebrities in the early 2000s. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 May 2026