frequent — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Done or occurring often; common.

   Synonyms

   regularrecurringusual

   Antonyms

   rareuncommon

   Examples

   I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.

   There are frequent trains to the beach available.

   More examples (2)

   I am a frequent visitor to that city.

   During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking [...]

2. Occurring at short intervals.

   Synonyms

   continualsteady

   Examples

   Above, the frequent feudal towers / Through green leaves lift their walls of grey, [...]

3. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   [E]very Man thinks he has laid in a ſufficient Stock of Merit, and my pretend to any Employment, provided he has been loud and frequent in declaring himſelf hearty for the Government.

4. Full; crowded; thronged.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate.

5. Often or commonly reported.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.

Verb

1. To visit often.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   I used to frequent that restaurant.

Adjective

1. coming at short intervals or habitually

   Antonyms

   infrequent

   Examples

   a frequent guest

   frequent complaints

2. frequently encountered

   Examples

   a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb ‘lay’ for the intransitive ‘lie’

Verb

1. do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

   Synonyms

   patronizepatroniseshopshop atbuy atsponsor

   Broader terms

   supportback up

2. be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place

   Synonyms

   haunt

   Broader terms

   travel tovisit

   Examples

   She haunts the ballet