Synonyms of habituate

habituate

verb

hə-ˈbi-chə-ˌwāt 

as in to haunt

to go to or spend time in often

the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• haunt
• frequent
• visit
• affect
• hang (at)
• resort (to)
• invade
• patronize
• attend
• run (in)
• call (on or upon)
• infest
• stay (at)
• overrun
• swarm
• stop (by or in)
• stop (over)
• take in
• drop in
• camp (out in)
• drop by
• pop (in)
• tarry (in)
• sojourn (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• shun
• escape
• evade
• shake
• elude
• eschew
• dodge
• duck

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of habituate

In fact, they’d merely been habituated, the way a bird learns to ignore a rhino. —AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025

And Fisher believes the situation warrants an even stronger response, under which his team would be authorized to kill wolves that are clearly habituated to hunting and eating only domestic animals. —Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025

These sediments, the researchers observed, had low bacterial diversity compared to other surrounding sediments, and the bacteria came from families habituated to alkaline environments, such as deep-sea hydrothermal vents or alkaline hot springs. —Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2025

Unlike animals in captivity that may be somewhat habituated to human presence, wild sharks are unpredictable by nature. —Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025