VISITS Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of visit

as in sees

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

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as in stays

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

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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

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as in haunts

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

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as in calls

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

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visits

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noun

plural of visit

as in sojourns

a temporary residing as another's guest my aunt always looks forward to her weeklong annual visit with her mother

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as in visitations

a coming to see another briefly for social or business reasons came by for a quick visit

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In October, Griff visits schools dressed as a book character while Bell reads the corresponding story to children, creating a tradition that is equal parts literacy lesson and bulldog theater. — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 In this week's installment of Far-Flung Postcards, NPR's Jane Arraf visits Karbala, Iraq, where more than 20 million Shia Muslims gathered to commemorate Arbaeen. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026 Tom Hill—Getty Images Dolly Parton visits Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in 1987. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 Diamond’s The Night Stalker premiered on Lifetime in 2016, and costarred Scandal’s Bellamy Young as a lawyer who visits Ramirez in prison. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026 The new spot comes as Vice President JD Vance visits Maine on Monday. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Adrian Pierce of Orlando visits the popular park about four times a week. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026 On September 12, Ohio State visits Texas in an early top-five clash, predicted to be a close Texas win. — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 That’s now out of the question, and, instead, Z visits her friends in Brooklyn. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

Noun

Google shipped an update nobody had warned her about, and search traffic, which drove the majority of monthly unique visits, fell 40%. — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 That will make affordable tickets more difficult to find, especially as the tournament reports registering record-breaking visits, and already has angered fans and some players. — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 Steinbach shot the documentary herself over three years and multiple visits to the island. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026 Illinois State, the FCS runner-up last season, visits in Week 2. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Primarily geared toward visits to each airline’s namesake location, the Atmos™ Rewards Summit Visa Infinite® Card is a great option for those who are often traveling from the West Coast. — Jason Stauffer,brett Holzhauer, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Have these items at the doorways for quick visits into the house. — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026 The 1927 novel brings to life a family and their visits to Scotland’s Isle of Skye. — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026 During those visits, Hussien and Sam would close the living-room doors and pray. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for visits

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No country has marshaled those efforts like China, where the government sees Tibet, and its Himalayan borderlands, as critical to its national and energy security.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Wall Street sees new treatments as an untapped goldmine, full of consumers who are willing to pay out-of-pocket for better options, reminiscent of the boom in GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.

— Avalon Pernell, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of sees

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Camping stretches the experience beyond show hours, the landscape stays visible from across the grounds, and the single-stage format gives attendees time to settle in.

— Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
This fascinating world of insects and plants usually stays far from human lives.

— Prayan Pokharel, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of stays

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QAnon haunts Washington I’m particularly fascinated by the ghost of QAnon – how the theory continues to haunt politics today.

— Matthew N. Hannah, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
That what haunts us doesn’t need to harm us, but can instead help guide us through what feels too difficult to negotiate alone.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of haunts

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West, an Alaska cardiac nurse, calls him Gabriel and is asking a Texas judge to give her sole conservatorship, which would put medical decision-making in her hands.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
The maid who let the Clue Gang into the room calls the demonstrably quite fallible Philly cops, who arrive in force.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

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His Instagram page is packed with stunning photos from the actor’s sojourns, including Stonehenge, Gettysburg, South Africa, Egypt, and Poland.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
As shoppers gear up for their European summer sojourns, brands are beating the tourist rush and setting up shop across the continent with temporary seasonal stores, beach club pop-ups and limited-time activations to capture the attention and dollars of the high-spending set.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 8 June 2026

Definition of sojourns

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Nearly 1,500 families were served by more than 8,000 home visitations that support early literacy through language development and age-appropriate books and toys.

— Read Alliance, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
The aliens’ ability to take on the forms of stags, foxes and cardinals is also in line with what experiencers have reported about their visitations.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 June 2026

Definition of visitations

Verb

Abdul-Mateen, who previously won an Emmy for his role on HBO’s Watchmen and was Tony-nominated for Topdog/Underdog, talks to Vanity Fair about his show’s sudden cancellation, his newest hobby, and being kinder to himself.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 20 Aug. 2026
Patrick, who talks regularly with Ford and Moore, agreed, saying that is not just how a governor does the job, but how a candidate wins it in the first place.

— Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

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