Synonyms of visiting

visiting

verb

present participle of visit

1

as in seeing

to make a social call upon

the club ladies make a point of visiting everyone who moves into the neighborhood

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seeing
• calling (on or upon)
• dropping in (on)
• seeking (out)
• looking up
• dropping by

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• snubbing
• brushing (aside or off)
• cold-shouldering

2

as in staying

to reside as a temporary guest

an old friend who comes to visit for a month every summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• staying
• sojourning
• stopping (by)
• occupying
• tarrying
• crashing
• frequenting
• coming over
• running in
• haunting
• inhabiting
• dropping in
• hanging (around or out)
• coming by
• dropping by
• stepping in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• living
• residing
• dwelling
• abiding

3

as in chatting

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

• chatting
• talking
• conversing
• discussing
• rattling
• chattering
• gabbing
• schmoozing
• jabbering
• nattering
• prattling
• prating
• blabbing
• kibitzing
• babbling
• rapping
• cackling
• gassing
• jawing
• gabbling
• blowing smoke
• gossiping
• shmoozing
• palavering
• shooting the breeze
• chinning
• kibbitzing
• twittering
• pattering
• running on
• chewing the rag
• chaffering
• talking a blue streak
• chewing the fat
• tattling
• expatiating
• yapping
• yakking
• yammering
• descanting
• yacking

4

as in frequenting

to go to or spend time in often

visit Ireland for a few weeks every year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frequenting
• haunting
• affecting
• attending
• hanging (at)
• invading
• resorting (to)
• habituating
• patronizing
• running (in)
• swarming
• infesting
• calling (on or upon)
• stopping (by or in)
• staying (at)
• stopping (over)
• dropping in
• taking in
• popping (in)
• overrunning
• camping (out in)
• dropping by
• sojourning (at)
• tarrying (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• escaping
• shaking
• evading
• shunning
• eluding
• dodging
• ducking
• eschewing

5

as in calling

to make a brief visit

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• calling
• seeing
• running (over)
• stopping (by or in)
• coming over
• running in
• dropping in
• popping (in)
• dropping by
• coming by
• stepping in
• haunting
• frequenting
• happening (by)
• looking up
• hanging (at)
• resorting (to)
• barging (in)
• bopping (into)