visit

visit is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.
2. transitive verb. To go or come to see for inspection, examination, correction of abuses, etc.; to examine, to inspect; as, a bishop visits his diocese; a superintendent visits persons or works under his charge.
3. transitive verb. To come to for the purpose of chastising, rewarding, comforting; to come upon with reward or retribution; to appear before or judge; as, to visit in mercy; to visit one in wrath.
4. intransitive verb. To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
5. transitive verb. The act of visiting, or going to see a person or thing; a brief stay of business, friendship, ceremony, curiosity, or the like, usually longer than a call; as, a visit of civility or respect; a visit to Saratoga; the visit of a physician.
6. transitive verb. The act of going to view or inspect; an official or formal inspection; examination; visitation; as, the visit of a trustee or inspector.
7. noun. a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)

   Synonyms: sojourn

8. noun. the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity

   "a visit to the dentist"

9. noun. the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection)
10. noun. the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time

    "he dropped by for a visit"

11. noun. a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice

    "he scheduled a visit to the dentist"

12. verb. assail

    "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"

13. verb. impose something unpleasant

    "The principal visited his rage on the students"

    Synonyms: impose, inflict

14. verb. talk socially without exchanging too much information

    "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

    Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter

15. verb. go to certain places as for sightseeing

    "Did you ever visit Paris?"

16. verb. come to see in an official or professional capacity

    "The governor visited the prison"

    "The grant administrator visited the laboratory"

    Synonyms: inspect

17. verb. pay a brief visit

    "The mayor likes to call on some of the prominent citizens"

    Synonyms: call

18. verb. go to see a place, as for entertainment

    "We went to see the Eiffel Tower in the morning"

    Synonyms: see

19. verb. stay with as a guest

    "Every summer, we visited our relatives in the country for a month"

Synonyms

sojourn, impose, inflict, chaffer, chat, chatter, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, inspect, call, see

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in visit:

vitis

Common word forms

visits, visited, visiter, visiting, visitable, visitment

Words from these letters

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