 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
frequent
adjective
1: coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest";
"frequent complaints" [ant: {infrequent}]
2: frequently encountered; "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 [syn: {patronize}, {patronise}, {shop}, {shop
at}, {buy at}, {sponsor}] [ant: {boycott}, {boycott}]
2: be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She
haunts the ballet" [syn: {haunt}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frequent \Fre"quent\, adjective [L. frequens, -entis, crowded,
frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. fr['e]quent. Cf.
{Farce}, noun]
1. Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often
repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits. ''Frequent
feudal towers.'' --Byron.
2. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in
any practice; habitual; persistent.
He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself
hearty for the government. --Swift.
3. Full; crowded; thronged. [Obs.]
'T is C[ae]sar's will to have a frequent senate.
--B. Jonson.
4. Often or commonly reported. [Obs.]
'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued
The Catti and the Daci. --Massinger.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frequent \Fre*quent"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Frequented}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Frequenting}.] [L. frequentare: cf. F.
fr['e]quenter. See {Frequent}, adjective]
1. To visit often; to resort to often or habitually; as, to
frequent a tavern.
He frequented the court of Augustus. --Dryden.
2. To make full; to fill. [Obs.]
With their sighs the air
Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite. --Milton.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "frequent":
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
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