Synonyms of visits

visits 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of visit

1

as in sees

to make a social call upon

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sees
• calls (on or upon)
• looks up
• seeks (out)
• drops in (on)
• drops by

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignores
• snubs
• brushes (aside or off)
• cold-shoulders

2

as in stays

to reside as a temporary guest

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stays
• sojourns
• stops (by)
• runs in
• haunts
• comes over
• crashes
• drops in
• drops by
• tarries
• comes by
• hangs (around or out)
• steps in
• frequents
• occupies
• inhabits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lives
• resides
• dwells
• abides

3

as in chats

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

• chats
• talks
• converses
• chatters
• schmoozes
• rattles
• runs on
• talks a blue streak
• blows smoke
• prattles
• babbles
• natters
• prates
• gabbles
• discusses
• jabbers
• blabs
• gases
• jaws
• raps
• cackles
• gabs
• patters
• kibitzes
• chins
• palavers
• twitters
• chaffers
• gossips
• shoots the breeze
• chews the fat
• tattles
• expatiates
• yammers
• descants
• yaps
• yaks

4

as in haunts

to go to or spend time in often

visit Ireland for a few weeks every year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• haunts
• frequents
• hangs (at)
• affects
• attends
• resorts (to)
• habituates
• runs (in)
• invades
• calls (on or upon)
• patronizes
• stays (at)
• stops (by or in)
• takes in
• pops (in)
• drops by
• drops in
• stops (over)
• camps (out in)
• overruns
• swarms
• infests
• sojourns (at)
• tarries (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoids
• shuns
• escapes
• shakes
• eludes
• evades
• eschews
• ducks
• dodges

5

as in calls

to make a brief visit

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• calls
• runs (over)
• sees
• runs in
• stops (by or in)
• comes over
• pops (in)
• drops by
• drops in
• steps in
• comes by
• haunts
• looks up
• happens (by)
• hangs (at)
• barges (in)
• frequents
• resorts (to)
• bops (into)

visits

2 of 2

noun

plural of visit

1

as in sojourns

a temporary residing as another's guest

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stays
• sojourns
• sleepovers
• field trips
• tarries
• stopovers
• homestays
• stops
• layovers

2

as in visitations

a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasons

came by for a quick visit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• visitations
• calls
• stopovers
• meetings
• rendezvous
• trysts
• drop-ins
• get-togethers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of visits

Verb

Saturday will be the first time the UConn football program ever visits Oxford, Ohio, and the Miami RedHawks. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

Instead, La Roja visits Wembley to take on England in a repeat of the Euro 2024 final, which Spain won 2-1. — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

To mark the occasion, anyone who visits a Krispy Kreme shop on National Coffee Day can also get a free hot or iced coffee with purchase. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026

The tour visits a number of blue states in the Midwest and on the East Coast. — Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Queenie also visits her personal hell and the fates of LaLaurie and Laveau. — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2026

In the episode, Guy visits John in jail after getting the distress signal from Rushville. — Matt Minton, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026

The system allows the city to retain a record of the application, which will be available when the applicant visits a NET office or the Zoning Office to complete the process and pay the fees required for the applicable business license. — Maykel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026

Lehigh visits Penn next Saturday for the Mountain Hawks second of three games against Ivy League opponents this season. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Noun

The hotel is able to arrange private excursions well beyond the city, from visits to a farm in Lucerne’s countryside to Alpine hikes and cruises along Lake Zurich. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026

Israel has barred foreign reporters from entering Gaza outside of brief military-run visits since the start of the war. — Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

According to data compiled by Axios, the number of visits to the top 100 news sites has plummeted over the past five years, from a peak of over 70 million visitors a month in July of 2024 to just over 47 million in July of 2026. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026

Some Mizzou players noted that loud music at practice does plenty for their preparation ahead of visits to raucous road environments. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026

In Orange County last year, more than half of emergency room visits linked to the vehicles were among people 19 years or younger. — Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

Peng has embraced a more public role than her predecessors, who rarely attended state visits and usually stayed in the background. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Recruiting visits and months-long courtships are a thing of the past. — Chris Corr, Sportico.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Patients also carry debt stemming from obtaining routine medical care, such as doctor's office visits or getting lab or diagnostic tests, the study found. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026