habitué

ha·bi·tué

noun \hə-ˈbi-chə-ˌwā, ha-, -ˌbi-chə-ˈ\

Definition of HABITUÉ

1

: a person who may be regularly found in or at a particular place or kind of place <café habitués>

2

: devotee <an Internet habitué>

Variants of HABITUÉ

ha·bi·tué also ha·bi·tue \hə-ˈbi-chə-ˌwā, ha-, -ˌbi-chə-ˈ\

Examples of HABITUÉ

1. <confirmed habitués of the theater, they support serious dramas as well as comedies and musicals>
2. <a confirmed habitué of the country club, she keeps tabs on who's having an affair>

Origin of HABITUÉ

French, from past participle of habituer to frequent, from Late Latin habituare to habituate, from Latin habitus

First Known Use: 1818

Related to HABITUÉ

Synonyms

addict, aficionado (also afficionado), buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fanatic, fancier, fiend, fool, freak, fan (also habitue), head, hound, junkie (also junky), lover, maniac, maven (also mavin), nut, sucker

Antonyms

nonfan

Related Words

groupie; admirer, amateur, collector, connoisseur, dilettante; authority, expert; adherent, convert, cultist, disciple, follower, hanger-on, votary; advocate, apostle, backer, champion, evangelist, exponent, friend, patron, promoter, proponent, supporter; partisan (also partizan), zealot; booster, rooter, well-wisher; faddist

Near Antonyms

nonadmirer; belittler, carper, critic, detractor

Rhymes with HABITUÉ

African gray, areaway, Armistice Day, Ascension Day, auto-da-fé, bank holiday, beta decay, bioassay, boulevardier, cabriolet, café au lait, cantabile, Cardigan Bay, carry away, cDNA, Chesapeake Bay, chronicle play, communiqué, companionway, corps de ballet, costumier, couturier, décolleté, Delaware Bay, devil to pay, diamanté, Dies Irae, Discovery Day, Dominion Day, Election Day, electric ray, far and away, felo-de-se, fiddle away, Fiesole, Giant's Causeway, High Holiday, instant replay, Jamaica Bay, Jubilate, Korea Bay, laissez-passer, Lavoisier, medley relay, mezzo forte, microarray, Midsummer Day, miracle play, Morgan le Fay, objet trouvé, off-off-Broadway, out-of-the-way, papier collé, papier-mâché, pas de bourrée, Patriots' Day, photo-essay, Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Fumé, prêt-à-porter, Presidents' Day, roche moutonnée, Rogation Day, roman à clef, roturier, Saginaw Bay, sine die, sub judice, superhighway, Thanksgiving Day, ukiyo-e, Ulan-Ude, Valentine's Day, Veterans Day, yerba maté