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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How to use habit in a sentence?

1. Octavia E. Butler:

   First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.

2. Jim Manley:

   Everybody jokes about Reid and his nasty habit of hanging up the phone as soon as he's done with his end of the conversation, but the president's not much better, there's not a lot of idle chitchat.

3. Mark Twain:

   Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

4. Harry Reid:

   Since 2011 we have lurched from crisis to crisis with the country constantly under the threat of shutdown or financial catastrophe, it’s a very bad habit and the American people are very, very tired of it.

5. George Dana Boardman:

   Sow an act...reap a habit Sow a habit...reap a character Sow a character...reap a destiny.