Synonyms of sojourn

sojourn 1 of 2

noun

ˈsō-ˌjərn 

as in visit

a temporary residing as another's guest

spent a relaxing sojourn in her friend's summer home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• visit
• stay
• tarry
• stopover
• field trip
• layover
• homestay
• sleepover
• stop

sojourn

2 of 2

verb

ˈsō-ˌjərn 

as in to stay

to reside as a temporary guest

began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stay
• visit
• tarry
• run in
• stop (by)
• come over
• haunt
• come by
• occupy
• hang (around or out)
• step in
• crash
• inhabit
• drop in
• drop by
• frequent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• live
• reside
• dwell
• abide

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of sojourn

Noun

Its sojourn alongside Earth will be brief, however, not even allowing this interplanetary visitor time enough to complete one full orbit. —Lee Billings, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2024

The asteroid’s sojourn around Earth will last from September 29 to November 25. —Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024

Verb

The group had sojourned to Badwater Basin, the park’s lowest point and the lowest point in North America, which sits 282 feet below sea level. —Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023

The new study, published this week in Nature Communications, bolsters evidence that modern humans sojourned out of Africa more than once and traveled vast distances—although these precocious migrants likely didn’t contribute many, if any, genes to modern populations. —Byscience News Staff, science.org, 15 June 2023