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

The year before, Milton Reynolds had discovered the pen while visiting Buenos Aires, and rushed home to create his own version, the Reynolds Rocket, which hit stores on October 29, 1945. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Simply visiting a phishing page does not automatically mean your information was stolen. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Drivers visiting California from other areas are generally allowed to follow the license plate rules of their home states. — Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Earlier, Marcus Thuram scored and then earned the penalty kick that decided Inter’s 2-1 win over visiting Fiorentina. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Kriemler certainly went all-in with de Amaral, visiting the 94-year-old for several days at her home in Bogotá, soaking up her wisdom about her craft. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

The cold open ended with future PM Burnham (Paddy Young) visiting his present-day counterpart and giving him the idea to advise Britons to stockpile beans in case of a cyber attack. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2026

A day later, masked settlers attacked a group of European diplomats and others visiting the Christian village of Taybeh. — Koral Saeed, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Sunday’s win marks only the sixth win as the visiting QB for Young. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2026