Synonyms for habit
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hab-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæb ɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for habit Other synonyms for the word habit
- addiction
- apparel
- assuetude
- bent
- bias
- constitution
- consuetude
- convention
- costume
- dependence
- disposition
- fashion
- fixation
- fixed attitude
- frame of mind
- garb
- garment
- gravitation
- groove
- habiliment
- habitude
- hangup
- impulsion
- inclination
- make-up
- mannerism
- penchant
- persuasion
- praxis
- predisposition
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- riding clothes
- robe
- rule
- rut
- second nature
- set
- susceptibility
- turn
- usage
- use
- vestment
- way
- weakness
- wont
Définition of habit
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
- In you I was sure of a mind strong enough to break the fetters of habit.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- It was his habit to affect that he constantly forgot his mother's name.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- She was not a woman in the habit of reasoning, and had no conception of the difficulties in his way.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I am in the habit of boarding at a quiet house kept by a widow.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- At first you kept on wondering what the joke was, till you saw it was only a habit Sarah had.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- She lived by habit, by the punctual fulfillment of her expectation.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- We form a habit of conquering as insistent as any other habit.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- To the material alone we are in the habit of ascribing power.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Aggie demanded, with that slangy diction which was her habit.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It is an English habit to rail at the lavish expenditure of the French Government.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
Antonyms for habit
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