Synonyms for habituate
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Verb
1. Accustom — to make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize
accustom, acclimate US, inure, harden, train, familiarize UK US, familiarise UK, naturalize, naturalise UK, season
Definitions
- v. 1
To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
Related words
- Word family
- habit habitual habituation
Forms
- Past participle
- habituated
e.g. habituated → accustomed, acclimated, inured, hardened…
Example sentences
- harden Yanni waited for the resin to harden.
- accustom It took a long time to accustom myself to the noise.
- naturalize Only the judge could naturalize people.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| habituate | rising | |
| harden | steady | |
| accustom | steady | |
| naturalize | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- use1
- 5 letters
- train1, inure2
- 6 letters
- season2, addict2, harden2
- 8 letters
- practice2, practise2, accustom3
- 9 letters
- acclimate3
- 10 letters
- naturalize4, naturalise
- 11 letters
- familiarize4, familiarise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inure2 = 2 syllables).