Synonyms for habit
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Routine — an action performed on a regular basis
routine, practice US, practise UK, way, custom, ritual, usage, rule, fashion, system, matter of course, manner, mode, guise, habitude, wont dated
2. Addiction
Other
habituation, idiosyncrasy, second nature, constitution, temperament, riding habit, use dated, trick dated
Definitions
- n. 1
An action performed on a regular basis.
It’s become a habit of mine to have a cup of coffee after dinner.
- n. 2
An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
By force of habit, he dressed for work even though it was holiday.
- n. 3
An addiction.
Related words
- Word family
- habit-forming habitual habituate habitus habitant habitat habitation
- Phrases
- riding habit habit of mind habit of thought
Forms
- Plural
- habits → routines, practices, ways, customs…
Choose the right word
Array, raiment, and vesture are archaic or poetic; so, too, is habit, except in technical use to denote a lady's riding-dress.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- practice It takes years of practice to play the piano well.
- routine His comedy routine has got a lot better over time.
- ritual My favorite ritual is reading Algerian newspapers.
By length
- 3 letters
- way1, use1
- 4 letters
- rule1, mode1, wont1
- 5 letters
- dress1, trick1, usage2, array2, guise1
- 6 letters
- system2, manner2, custom2, ritual3, attire3
- 7 letters
- fashion2, clothes1, routine2, apparel3, raiment, vesture
- 8 letters
- practice2, practise2, habitude
- 9 letters
- addiction3
- 10 letters
- habiliment
- 11 letters
- temperament3, habituation
- 12 letters
- constitution4, idiosyncrasy6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (usage2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- habitude
- Italiano
- abitudine
- Español
- hábito
- Deutsch
- Gewohnheit