'Frequent' definitions:
Definition of 'frequent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints" [ant: infrequent]
adjective
Frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'";
verb
Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor] [ant: boycott]
verb
Be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet" [syn: frequent, haunt]
Definition of 'Frequent'
From: GCIDE
- Frequent \Fre"quent\, a. [L. frequens, -entis, crowded, frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. fr['e]quent. Cf. Farce, n.]
- 1. Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits. "Frequent feudal towers." --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent. [1913 Webster]
- He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Full; crowded; thronged. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 'T is C[ae]sar's will to have a frequent senate. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Often or commonly reported. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued The Catti and the Daci. --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Frequent'
From: GCIDE
- Frequent \Fre*quent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frequented; p. pr. & vb. n. Frequenting.] [L. frequentare: cf. F. fr['e]quenter. See Frequent, a.]
- 1. To visit often; to resort to often or habitually; as, to frequent a tavern. [1913 Webster]
- He frequented the court of Augustus. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make full; to fill. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'frequent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affect,
- attend,
- automatic,
- beaten,
- common,
- constant,
- continual,
- continuing,
- continuous,
- countless,
- customary,
- cyclical,
- ever-recurring,
- everyday,
- familiar,
- frequentative,
- habitual,
- hackneyed,
- hang around,
- hang out,
- hang out at,
- haunt,
- haunting,
- incessant,
- infest,
- innumerable,
- iterative,
- many,
- many times,
- normal,
- not rare,
- numerous,
- of common occurrence,
- oft-repeated,
- oftentime,
- ordinary,
- overrun,
- patronize,
- periodic,
- persistent,
- prevalent,
- reappearing,
- recurrent,
- recurring,
- regular,
- reiterative,
- repeated,
- repetitive,
- resort,
- resort to,
- returning,
- revenant,
- routine,
- stereotyped,
- thematic,
- thick-coming,
- trite,
- ubiquitous,
- usual,
- visit,
- well-trodden,
- well-worn