HABITUATING Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

habituating

verb

present participle of habituate

as in haunting

to go to or spend time in often the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs

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Recent Examples of habituating The wildlife team tends to the cubs while wearing bear suits to avoid habituating the cubs to humans. — Isabel Yip, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026

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But the damage from the last one is still haunting California.

— M. Nolan Gray, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
Each year, celebrities take Halloween to haunting new heights.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of haunting

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Inside McGuire’s Irish Pub, the moody, maze-like dining room is a far cry from the bright and airy seafood joints most vacationers are used to frequenting.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2026
O’Neil remains friends with Lizzie, frequenting Maplecroft well into their old age.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of frequenting

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Lionel Messi scored his MLS-leading 26th goal in the 83rd minute to lift visiting Inter Miami to a 2-1 victory over the New England Revolution on Sunday night that has major playoff seeding implications.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
This week, with Bill Belichick’s North Carolina Tar Heels visiting Rentschler Field for a Noon kickoff on Saturday, will be an entirely different game plan.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of visiting

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That would help HBCUs tell their stories, train media professionals and gain a voice in decisions affecting their future.

— Lamell J. McMorris, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026
In any case, the characters’ specific backgrounds matter less when the play reveals itself to be a metaphor for military conflict, especially the fallout and collateral damage affecting those who are not the strategists and decision makers.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026

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