Antonyms for habits
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hab-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæb ɪt |
Definition of habits
Origin :- early 13c., "characteristic attire of a religious or clerical order," from Old French habit, abit (12c.) "clothing, (ecclesiastical) habit; conduct," from Latin habitus "condition, demeanor, appearance, dress," originally past participle of habere "to have, to hold, possess," from PIE root *ghabh- "to seize, take, hold, have, give, receive" (cf. Sanskrit gabhasti- "hand, forearm;" Old Irish gaibim "I take, hold, I have," gabal "act of taking;" Lithuanian gabana "armful," gabenti "to remove;" Gothic gabei "riches;" Old English giefan, Old Norse gefa "to give").
- Base sense probably "to hold," which can be either in offering or in taking. Applied in Latin to both inner and outer states of being, and taken over in both sense by English, though meaning of "dress" is now restricted to monks and nuns. Meaning "customary practice" is early 14c. Drug sense is from 1887.
- noun tendency, practice
- noun dress, clothing, often for a particular purpose
- They thought their own habits and customs just a trifle better than those of anybody else.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Old age and decay, bad enough in themselves, we intensify by our habits of mind.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- But the gentler fibers of the man were atrophied by the habits of a lifetime.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- "The less said about Palmer's habits the better," flashed Christine.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The Onondaga let his pipe go out while he explained the winter habits of moose.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Not only did his dialect differ from those about him, but his habits were not those of a woodsman.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- It indicates, therefore, the man's habits and his mode of life.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- I cannot exist without my friends, my habits and my pot-au-feu.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- For a man of my habits, who kept clear of drink, I was now rich.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- It was nocturnal in its habits, and somewhat addicted to dancing and the theft of children.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
Synonyms for habits
- addiction
- apparel
- assuetude
- bent
- bias
- constitution
- consuetude
- convention
- costume
- custom
- dependence
- disposition
- fashion
- fixation
- fixed attitude
- frame of mind
- garb
- garment
- gravitation
- groove
- habiliment
- habitude
- hangup
- impulsion
- inclination
- make-up
- manner
- mannerism
- mode
- nature
- obsession
- pattern
- penchant
- persuasion
- praxis
- predisposition
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- quirk
- riding clothes
- robe
- routine
- rule
- rut
- second nature
- set
- style
- susceptibility
- thing
- turn
- usage
- use
- vestment
- way
- weakness
- wont
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