haunt

1. 1.

   a frequently visited place

   Synonymshangoutresortrepairstamping ground

   Broaderarea

   Narrowergathering place

Other forms of haunt

plural

haunts·

past tense

haunted·

present participle

haunting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about haunt

What does haunt mean?

haunt means "follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in haunt?

haunt has 1 syllable: haunt. In IPA it is /ˈhɔnt/.

What is another word for haunt?

Close synonyms include stalk, obsess, ghost, frequent, hangout. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is haunt a common word?

haunt is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.