Synonyms of visit

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verb

ˈvi-zət 

1

as in to see

to make a social call upon

the club ladies make a point of visiting everyone who moves into the neighborhood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• see
• call (on or upon)
• drop in (on)
• look up
• seek (out)
• drop by

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignore
• brush (aside or off)
• snub
• cold-shoulder

2

as in to stay

to reside as a temporary guest

an old friend who comes to visit for a month every summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stay
• sojourn
• tarry
• stop (by)
• run in
• haunt
• come by
• drop by
• come over
• step in
• drop in
• occupy
• crash
• hang (around or out)
• frequent
• inhabit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• live
• reside
• dwell
• abide

3

as in to chat

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

tries to visit with her best friend on the phone at least once a week

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chat
• talk
• converse
• discuss
• chatter
• rattle
• run on
• blow smoke
• schmooze
• shoot the breeze
• chew the rag
• blab
• prattle
• jaw
• natter
• prate
• gab
• babble
• kibitz
• talk a blue streak
• jabber
• palaver
• shmooze
• rap
• gossip
• chin
• cackle
• gabble
• chew the fat
• gas
• patter
• twitter
• kibbitz
• chaffer
• tattle
• expatiate
• descant
• yammer
• yak
• yap
• yack

4

as in to haunt

to go to or spend time in often

visit Ireland for a few weeks every year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• haunt
• frequent
• hang (at)
• attend
• affect
• resort (to)
• invade
• run (in)
• patronize
• habituate
• stay (at)
• call (on or upon)
• stop (by or in)
• stop (over)
• drop by
• take in
• drop in
• pop (in)
• infest
• swarm
• camp (out in)
• overrun
• sojourn (at)
• tarry (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• escape
• shake
• shun
• evade
• elude
• eschew
• duck
• dodge

5

as in to call

to make a brief visit

stopped to visit with my father on the way out of town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• call
• see
• run in
• run (over)
• come by
• stop (by or in)
• drop by
• step in
• drop in
• come over
• pop (in)
• haunt
• look up
• hang (at)
• happen (by)
• frequent
• resort (to)
• barge (in)
• bop (into)

visit

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noun

1

as in stay

a temporary residing as another's guest

my aunt always looks forward to her weeklong annual visit with her mother

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stay
• sojourn
• tarry
• stop
• stopover
• field trip
• sleepover
• layover
• homestay

2

as in visitation

a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasons

came by for a quick visit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• visitation
• call
• stopover
• meeting
• drop-in
• rendezvous
• tryst
• get-together

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of visit

Verb

The four European leaders jointly visited Kyiv last week and have been calling for Trump to back new sanctions on Russia. —Pavel Polityuk, USA Today, 20 May 2025

Federal investigators have at least twice before visited Dolton and Thornton Township in search of documents, including expense reimbursements and other payments made to Henyard. —Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025

Noun

The Dolphins — who are trying to trade Pro Bowl cornerback Jalen Ramsey — have not made an offer to Samuel and have not brought him in for a visit, a source said. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025

In a recent report on a field visit to the city, which hosts China’s second largest port by cargo handled after Shanghai, Xu said Southeast Asia remained the top choice among local businesses seeking to move production overseas. —Anniek Bao, CNBC, 20 May 2025