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

Cal Poly has a Sunday matchup with Montana State on the road, and Idaho visits Nevada on Wednesday. — ABC News, 14 Nov. 2026

In January 2027 the brand will launch Ultimate Galápagos, a 13-day itinerary aboard the 96-passenger Endeavour II that visits 11 islands including remote Genovesa, known for its red-footed booby colonies. — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026

Cleveland visits the defending champion Knicks in a rematch of last spring’s Eastern Conference Finals, and the Warriors head to Houston for a late matchup between two of the West’s best starts. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026

But first, in Georgia, Clark Atlanta visits Fort Valley State on Thursday in a rescheduled SIAC matchup, giving both teams one final opportunity to finish with a win. — Wilton Jackson, AJC.com, 10 Nov. 2026

The West Bloomfield Police Department's responsibility remains the safety and security of everyone who lives, works, or visits our community. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Ricardo Cortes, uncle of Serabi Medina, visits a memorial for his niece, the 9-year-old girl who was shot in the head while riding her scooter in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood. — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026

Noun

Her travel experience includes countless visits to Greece’s many islands, bucket list adventures to Japan and Bali, as well as solo trips to Stockholm, Boston, and the East Coast of Australia. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026

The lucrative opportunity that Driver’s Gary is dangling in front of his brother is dazzling — and clearly suspect from the late-night canal visits to the sizable paycheck for doing comparatively nothing. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026

According to prosecutors, the surveillance operation took place between August 2024 and March 2025 and involved visits to locations associated with the targets, photographs, videos and online research. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Your Bathroom Habits Change In the short term, caffeine consumption leads to more frequent bathroom visits and diarrhea. — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 12 Nov. 2026

But prosecutors said social services eventually reunited Zona with her parents, after which her medical visits stopped. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026

That gives credit teams a cross-check between site visits, reducing delays in drawdowns without treating pixels as proof of workmanship. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Still, polls trended in Hamilton's favor — Emerson's by a wider margin than before their visits. — Grace Hills, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026

Based on Connecticut hospital emergency department visits and hospital discharge data from 29 participating stroke centers there were 8,914 stroke/transient ischemic attacks in 2025, according to the Connecticut Department of Health. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026