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

Chang's 77-year-old mother, Lien, receives SNAP aid, too, and visits two food banks each week. — Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026

Chang's 77-year-old mother, Lien, receives SNAP aid, too, and visits two different food banks each week. — ABC News, 25 July 2026

Chang’s 77-year-old mother, Lien, receives SNAP aid, too, and visits two food banks each week. — Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026

The family routinely visits the site, a tradition that’s often the cause of emotional outbursts. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 24 July 2026

Again, this gap is not hospitals’ fault but the system that makes hospital stays, surgeries and emergency room visits out of reach for many Americans with limited incomes even with insurance. — Eric Khant, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026

In the final months of Odysseus’ voyage, his son Telemachus leaves Ithaca and visits the ancient Greek city of Sparta in search of news from his former comrade Menelaus. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

In the upcoming episode, airing on TLC Tuesday, July 21, Dupree-Dooley visits Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with her then-fiancé, Colin Dooley. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 17 July 2026

In summer, the yacht heads to the Mediterranean, where Sea Cloud II visits the coasts of Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, and Spain. — Jane Wooldridge, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026

Noun

San Jose recorded 1 million total downtown visits during the six-week FIFA World Cup, officials announced Friday — a final count over 2 ½ times initial projections — driven by energetic watch parties and strong fan culture in the city. — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 25 July 2026

Many other young people have a less immersive artistic education, perhaps shaped by occasional school trips or family visits to museums. — Mureji Fatunde-Iloeje, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026

For weeks, she’s been spacing out her final visits because saying goodbye has been difficult for everyone. — Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Other Chiefs spouses visit camp, too, as do WAGS across the league — some have posted videos of their training camp visits on social media. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

The Princess of Wales wore the bold print—in every possible shape, color, and size, and even on her socks—on state visits, at receptions, and to polo matches. — Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2026

Politics is unavoidable The Dodger brain trust has attempted to cast White House visits as an exercise in tradition, not politics. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Recent visits — such as in 2022 when Tom Pidcock won from a breakaway — have seen the Alpe arrive as the final challenge in a brutal stage. — Duncan Alexander, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Prenatal visits will be billed using office visit codes, which can vary in intensity from level 2 to level 5. — Jeff Levin-Scherz, STAT, 23 July 2026