visit

1 a temporary residing as another's guest my aunt always looks forward to her weeklong annual visit with her mother Synonyms sojourn, stay, tarry Related Words field trip, homestay, sleepover; layover, stop, stopover

2 a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasons came by for a quick visit Synonyms call, visitationRelated Words drop-in, stopover; get-together, meeting, rendezvous, tryst

1 to make a social call upon the club ladies make a point of visiting everyone who moves into the neighborhood Synonyms call (on or upon), drop in (on), see Related Words look up, seek (out); drop by Near Antonyms brush (aside or off), cold-shoulder, ignore, snub

2 to reside as a temporary guest an old friend who comes to visit for a month every summer Synonyms crash [slang], sojourn, stay, tarry Related Words come by, come over, drop by, drop in, run in, step in, stop (by); frequent, hang (around or out), haunt; inhabit, occupy Near Antonyms abide, dwell, live, reside

3 to engage in casual or rambling conversation tries to visit with her best friend on the phone at least once a week Synonyms babble, blab, cackle, chaffer [British], chatter, chin [slang], converse, gab, gabble, gas, jabber, jaw, kibitz (also kibbitz), natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, rap, rattle, run on, schmooze (or shmooze), talk, twitter, chatRelated Words gossip, tattle; descant, discuss, expatiate; yak (also yack), yammer, yap

4 to go to or spend time in often visit Ireland for a few weeks every year Synonyms affect, habituate, hang (at), haunt, resort (to), frequentRelated Words 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 dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, shakeAntonyms avoid, shun

5 to make a brief visit stopped to visit with my father on the way out of town Synonyms come by, come over, drop by, drop in, pop (in), run (over), run in, step in, stop (by or in), callRelated Words barge (in); look up, see; bop (into), happen (by); frequent, hang (at), haunt, resort (to)