Synonyms of visit

visit 1 of 2

verb

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

• 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

• 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

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

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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