A frequently visited place.

synonyms: hangout, repair, resort, stamping ground.

Roget 189: abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance^†, tabernacle, throne, ark.    home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall^†; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana^†; household gods, lares et penates [Lat.], roof, household, housing, dulce domum [Lat.], paternal domicile; native soil, native land.    habitat, range, stamping ground; haunt, hangout; biosphere; environment, ecological niche.    nest, nidus, snuggery^†; arbor, bower, etc. 191; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum [Lat.], aerie, eyrie, eyry^†, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah^†.    bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation^†; barrack, casemate^†, casern^†.    tent etc. (covering) 223; building etc. (construction) 161; chamber etc. (receptacle) 191; xenodochium^†.    tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft^†.    cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy^†, shanty, dugout [U.S.], wigwam; pen etc. (inclosure) 232; barn, bawn^†; kennel, sty, doghold^†, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary^†, columbarium; shippen^†; igloo, iglu^†, jacal^†; lacustrine dwelling^†, lacuslake dwelling^†, lacuspile dwelling^†; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang [Slang], tepee, topek^†.    house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe [Lat.], folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa [Sp.], country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple etc. 1000.    hamlet, village, thorp^†, dorp^†, ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse [U.S.]; ghetto.    street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda^†, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd [Scot.], close [Scot.], yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews.    square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister; gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza.    anchorage, roadstead, roads; dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor.    quarter, parish etc. (region) 181.    assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow^†, khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop^†, dive [U.S.], exchange [Euph.]; grill room, saloon [U.S.], shebeen^†; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet^†, posada^†; almshouse^†, poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.].    garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance^†, demesne.    [quarters for animals] cage, terrarium, doghouse; pen, aviary; barn, stall; zoo.    ... show more

Dutch: chillen, vakantieoord, geliefkoosde plaats
Polish: wczasowisko, kurort

Follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to:
— The ghost of her mother haunted her.

synonym: stalk.

Roget 860: fear, stand in awe of; be afraid etc. adj.; have qualms etc. n.; apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance; distrust etc. (disbelieve) 485.    hesitate etc. (be irresolute) 605; falter, funk, cower, crouch; skulk etc. (cowardice) 862; let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would'" [Macbeth] take fright, take alarm; start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink; fly etc. (avoid) 623.    tremble, shake; shiver, shiver in one's shoes; shudder, flutter; shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over; quake, quaver, quiver, quail.    grow pale, turn pale; blench, stand aghast; not dare to say one's soul is one's own.    inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe; raise apprehensions^†; be in a daze, bulldoze [U.S.]; faze, feeze [U.S.]; give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm; alarm, startle, scare, cry 'wolf', disquiet, dismay; fright, frighten, terrify; astound; fright from one's propriety; fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses; awe; strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror; harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify; pile on the agony.    make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter; take away one's breath, stop one's breath; make one tremble &c.; haunt; prey on the mind, weigh on the mind.    put in fear, put in bodily fear; terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt, overawe, abash, deter, discourage; browbeat, bully; threaten etc. 909.    ... show more

Roget 907: be malevolent etc. adj.; bear spleen, harbor spleen, bear a grudge, harbor a grudge, bear malice; betray the cloven foot, show the cloven foot.    hurt etc. (physical pain) 378; annoy etc. 830; injure.   , harm, wrong; do harm to, do an ill office to; outrage; disoblige, malign, plant a thorn in the breast.    molest, worry, harass, haunt, harry, bait, tease; throw stones at; play the devil with; hunt down, dragoon, hound; persecute, oppress, grind; maltreat; illtreat, ill-use.    wreak one's malice on, do one's worst, break a butterfly on the wheel; dip one's hands in blood, imbrue one's hands in blood; have no mercy etc. 914.1. ... show more

Dutch: achtervolgen, spoken

Haunt like a ghost; pursue:
— Fear of illness haunts her.

synonyms: ghost, obsess.

Dutch: rondspoken

Be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place:
— She haunts the ballet.

synonym: frequent.

Roget 186: exist in space, be present etc. adj.; assister^†; make one of, make one at; look on, attend, remain; find oneself, present oneself; show one's face; fall in the way of, occur in a place; lie, stand; occupy; be there.    people; inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch; take up one's abode etc. (be located) 184; tenant.    resort to, frequent, haunt; revisit.    fill, pervade, permeate; be diffused, be disseminated, be through; over spread, overrun; run through; meet one at every turn.    ... show more