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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of VISIT

to make a social call upon <the club ladies make a point of visiting everyone who moves into the neighborhood>

Synonyms call (on or upon), drop in (on), see

Related Words look up, seek (out); drop by

Near Antonyms brush (aside or off), cold-shoulder, ignore, snub

to reside as a temporary guest <an old friend who comes to visit for a month every summer>

Synonyms crash [slang], sojourn, stay, tarry

Related Words come by, come over, drop by, drop in, run in, step in, stop (by); frequent, hang (around or out), haunt; inhabit, occupy

Near Antonyms abide, dwell, live, reside

to engage in casual or rambling conversation <tries to visit with her best friend on the phone at least once a week>

Synonyms babble, blab, cackle, chaffer [British], chatter, chin [slang], converse, gab, gabble, gas, jabber, jaw, kibitz (also kibbitz), natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, rap, rattle, run on, schmooze (or shmooze), talk, twitter, visit

Related Words gossip, tattle; descant, discuss, expatiate; yak (also yack), yammer, yap

to go to or spend time in often <visit Ireland for a few weeks every year>

Synonyms affect, habituate, hang (at), haunt, resort (to), visit

Related Words patronize; attend, take in; infest, invade, overrun, swarm; call (on or upon), drop by, drop in, pop (in), run (in), stop (in or by); camp (out in), sojourn (at), stay (at), stop (over), tarry (in)

Near Antonyms dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, shake

Antonyms avoid, shun

to make a brief visit <stopped to visit with my father on the way out of town>

Synonyms come by, come over, drop by, drop in, pop (in), run (over), run in, step in, stop (by or in), visit

Related Words barge (in); look up, see; bop (into), happen (by); frequent, hang (at), haunt, resort (to)

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