Synonyms for sojourn
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To reside somewhere temporarily, especially as a guest or lodger.
- n. 1
A short stay somewhere.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- reside
Choose the right word
Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- dwell We are the mirrors of the world in which we dwell.
- inhabit Those tribes inhabit the desert all year round.
By length
- 4 letters
- stop1, stay1, rest1
- 5 letters
- visit2, lodge1, dwell1, abide2, abode2, tarry2
- 6 letters
- reside2
- 7 letters
- quarter2, inhabit3
- 9 letters
- residence3
- 13 letters
- peregrination
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (visit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- séjourner
- Español
- permanecer
- Deutsch
- aufhalten
- Català
- sojornar