Synonyms of visiting

visiting

verb

present participle of visit

1

as in seeing

to make a social call upon

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seeing
• calling (on or upon)
• dropping in (on)
• seeking (out)
• looking up
• dropping by

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• snubbing
• brushing (aside or off)
• cold-shouldering

2

as in staying

to reside as a temporary guest

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• staying
• sojourning
• stopping (by)
• occupying
• tarrying
• crashing
• frequenting
• coming over
• running in
• haunting
• inhabiting
• dropping in
• hanging (around or out)
• coming by
• dropping by
• stepping in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• living
• residing
• dwelling
• abiding

3

as in chatting

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

• chatting
• talking
• conversing
• discussing
• chattering
• rattling
• gabbing
• schmoozing
• jabbering
• nattering
• prattling
• prating
• blabbing
• babbling
• kibitzing
• rapping
• gassing
• cackling
• gabbling
• jawing
• blowing smoke
• gossiping
• chinning
• twittering
• running on
• pattering
• talking a blue streak
• chaffering
• palavering
• shooting the breeze
• chewing the fat
• tattling
• expatiating
• yapping
• yakking
• yammering
• descanting

4

as in frequenting

to go to or spend time in often

visit Ireland for a few weeks every year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frequenting
• haunting
• affecting
• attending
• hanging (at)
• invading
• resorting (to)
• habituating
• patronizing
• running (in)
• swarming
• infesting
• calling (on or upon)
• stopping (by or in)
• staying (at)
• stopping (over)
• dropping in
• taking in
• popping (in)
• overrunning
• camping (out in)
• dropping by
• sojourning (at)
• tarrying (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• escaping
• shaking
• evading
• shunning
• eluding
• dodging
• ducking
• eschewing

5

as in calling

to make a brief visit

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• calling
• seeing
• running (over)
• stopping (by or in)
• coming over
• running in
• dropping in
• popping (in)
• dropping by
• coming by
• stepping in
• haunting
• frequenting
• happening (by)
• looking up
• hanging (at)
• resorting (to)
• barging (in)
• bopping (into)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of visiting

Though the stalls outside the Mercato Centrale in San Lorenzo mainly sell fake leather goods and cheap souvenirs, the actual market is worth visiting. — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026

Though the Bone Thugs don’t have prior experiences visiting the Walk of Fame (after all, Ruthless Records was founded not in Hollywood but Compton), receiving their star feels like a step towards remediating that lack of recognition. — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 8 July 2026

From visiting temples that are thousands of years old in Khajuraho, to seeking Bengal Tigers via tiger safaris in Bandhavgarh, the province offers a rare combination of nature, culture and adventure. — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Bob, who was visiting Florida at the time, drove to where Ryan was and picked him up. — Edie Peffley, NBC news, 8 July 2026

But in a 5-1 win at Truist Park, the visiting Cardinals made two errors. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 2 July 2026

While lucha libre is already a popular attraction among tourists visiting Mexico, the arrival of the world’s biggest soccer event has seen masks and impromptu fights spill out from the ring. — ABC News, 1 July 2026

In West Sacramento, where the Los Angeles Dodgers are visiting the Athletics this week, the big screen at Sutter Health Park was showing the soccer game before players take the diamond. — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026

Among them is Folarin Balogun, who was born in New York while his Nigerian parents, who were living in London, were visiting in the summer of 2001. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026