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habit

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of habit

1 a usual manner of behaving or doing
  • It was his habit to rise early.
Synonyms of habit

custom, fashion, habitude, pattern, practice (also practise), ritual, second nature, trick, way, wont
Words Related to habit

addiction

disposition

bent, inclination, proclivity, set, tendency, tenor, turn

bag, convention, form, mode, style

usage, use

deportment, manners, mores

drill, groove, jog trot, regime (also régime), regimen, rote, routine, rut

affectation, airs, pose

attribute, characteristic, mark, trait
2 a physiological need for certain drugs
  • a pack-a-day cigarette habit
Synonyms of habit

addiction, dependence (also dependance)
3 the type of body that a person has
  • an imposing man of vigorous habit
Synonyms of habit

build, constitution, figure, form, frame, physique, shape
Words Related to habit

anatomy, structure

Synonym Discussion of habit

habit, practice, usage, custom, wont mean a way of acting fixed through repetition. habit implies a doing unconsciously and often compulsively.
    • had a habit of tapping his fingers
practice suggests an act or method followed with regularity and usually through choice.
    • our practice is to honor all major credit cards
usage suggests a customary action so generally followed that it has become a social norm.
    • western-style dress is now common usage in international business
custom applies to a practice or usage so steadily associated with an individual or group as to have almost the force of unwritten law.
    • the custom of wearing black at funerals
wont usually applies to a habitual manner, method, or practice of an individual or group.
    • as was her wont, she slept until noon

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