Synonyms for habit
ˈhæb ɪthabit

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1. habit

   Habit is a tendency or inclination toward an action or condition, which by repetition has become easy, spontaneous, or even unconscious, or an action or regular series of actions, or a condition so induced. Custom is the uniform doing of the same act in the same circumstance for a definite reason; routine is the doing of customary acts in a regular and uniform sequence and is more mechanical than custom. It is the custom of tradesmen to open at a uniform hour, and to follow a regular routine of business until closing-time. Habit always includes an involuntary tendency, natural or acquired, greatly strengthened by frequent repetition of the act, and may be uncontrollable, or even unconscious. Habitude is habitual relation or association. Custom is chiefly used of the action of many; habit of the action of one; we speak of the customs of society, the habits of an individual. Fashion is the generally recognized custom in the smaller matters, especially in dress. A rule is prescribed either by some external authority or by one's own will; as, it is the rule of the house; or, I make it my invariable rule. System is the coordination of many acts or things into a unity, and is more and better than routine. Use and usage denote the manner of using something; we speak of one person's use of language, but of the usage of many; a use or usage is almost always a habit. Practise is the active doing of something in a systematic way; we do not speak of the practise, but of the habit of going to sleep; we speak of a tradesman's custom, a lawyer's or a physician's practise. Educationally, practise is the voluntary and persistent attempt to make skill a habit; as, practise in penmanship. Wont is blind and instinctive habit like that which attaches an animal to a locality: the word is now almost wholly poetic. Compare DRESS.

   Synonyms:
   custom, fashion, habitude, practise, routine, rule, system, usage, use, wont

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1. habit

   Synonyms:
   habituation, custom, familiarity, association, inurement, usage, practice, way, manner

   Antonyms:
   dishabituation, inexperience, inconversance, desuetude

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1. habit, wontnoun

   an established custom

   "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"

   Synonyms:
   substance abuse, use, wont, drug abuse, riding habit

2. habit, usenoun

   (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition

   "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it"

   Synonyms:
   usage, use, use of goods and services, consumption, role, drug abuse, riding habit, utilization, substance abuse, utilisation, employment, economic consumption, manipulation, wont, usance, enjoyment, function, purpose, exercise

3. habitnoun

   a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order

   Synonyms:
   substance abuse, use, wont, drug abuse, riding habit

4. habitnoun

   the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal)

   "a shrub of spreading habit"

   Synonyms:
   substance abuse, use, wont, drug abuse, riding habit

5. habit, riding habitnoun

   attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire)

   Synonyms:
   substance abuse, use, wont, drug abuse, riding habit

6. substance abuse, drug abuse, habitverb

   excessive use of drugs

   Synonyms:
   use, substance abuse, wont, drug abuse, riding habit

7. habitverb

   put a habit on

Matched Categories

1. • Attire
   • Dress
   • Growth
   • Religion

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1. routine, custom

   Submitted by anonymous on February 24, 2020  

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1. habitnoun

   Synonyms:
   condition (of the body), constitution, temperament

2. habitnoun

   Synonyms:
   custom (of an individual), usage, wont, practice, habitude, way, manner, second nature

3. habitnoun

   Synonyms:
   dress, garb, HABILIMENT

4. habitverb

   Synonyms:
   dress, clothe, array, attire, accoutre

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1. habitnoun

   Synonyms:
   wont, custom, practice, usage, habitude, addiction, way, routine

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1. List of paraphrases for "habit":

   custom, mania, wont, practice, reflex

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1. Wendy Sue Swanson:

   It's not just early introduction. It's routine feeding. It's habituating. We need to make a habit of eating very diverse foods, it's a great habit to have your whole life, because 50 % of people who develop a food allergy develop it in adulthood.

2. White House:

   We’re not in the habit of previewing private discussions we have with other leaders before they happen, but President Biden took actions with respect to the Khashoggi murder right after coming into office, the President’s views on human rights are clear and longstanding, and fundamental freedoms are always on the agenda when he travels abroad, just as they will be during this trip.

3. Robert A. Heinlein:

   Remind me to write an article on the compulsive reading of news. The theme will be that most neuroses can be traced to the unhealthy habit of wallowing in the troubles of five billion strangers.

4. Juliene Berk:

   Habits...the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction...You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way - by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.

5. CLIFFORD VILLALON:

   There is nothing wrong about laziness. Take time to relax. Laziness is only despising if it becomes a habit.