Synonyms for habit
noun
Tendency to repeated action
disposition, way, fashion, manner, propensity, bent, turn, gravitation, proclivity, inclination, addiction, impulsion, predisposition, susceptibility, weakness, bias, proneness, fixed attitude, persuasion, second nature, penchant; see also attitude 2, inclination 1.
A customary action
custom, usage, wont, mode, practice, rule; see also custom 1.
An obsession
addiction, fixation, hang-up*; see obsession.
Dress
vestments, costume, riding costume, habiliment; see clothes.
habit refers to an act repeated so often by an individual that it has become automatic with him his habit of tugging at his ear in perplexity; practice also implies the regular repetition of an act but does not suggest that it is automatic the practice of reading in bed; custom applies to any act or procedure carried on by tradition and often enforced by social disapproval of any violation the custom of dressing for dinner; usage refers to custom or practice that has become sanctioned through being long established the meanings of words are established by usage; wont is a literary or somewhat archaic equivalent for practiceit was his wont to rise early
See habit in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
habit practice custom usage use wont habitude
These nouns denote patterns of behavior established by continual repetition. Habit applies to a behavior or practice so ingrained that it is often done without conscious thought: “Habit rules the unreflecting herd” (William Wordsworth).
Practice denotes an often chosen pattern of individual or group behavior: “You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references, sir” (Martin Joseph Routh).
Custom is behavior as established by long practice and especially by accepted conventions: “No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion” (Carrie Chapman Catt).
Usage refers to an accepted standard for a group that regulates individual behavior: “laws … corrected, altered, and amended by acts of parliament and common usage” (William Blackstone).
Use and wont are terms for customary and distinctive practice: “situations where the use and wont of their fathers no longer meet their necessities” (J.A. Froude).
Habitude refers to an individual's behaving in a certain way rather than a specific act: “His real habitude gave life and grace/To appertainings and to ornament” (Shakespeare).
habit practice custom usage use wont habitude
These nouns denote patterns of behavior established by continual repetition. Habit applies to a behavior or practice so ingrained that it is often done without conscious thought: “Habit rules the unreflecting herd” (William Wordsworth).
Practice denotes an often chosen pattern of individual or group behavior: “You will find it a very good practice always to verify your references, sir” (Martin Joseph Routh).
Custom is behavior as established by long practice and especially by accepted conventions: “No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion” (Carrie Chapman Catt).
Usage refers to an accepted standard for a group that regulates individual behavior: “laws … corrected, altered, and amended by acts of parliament and common usage” (William Blackstone).
Use and wont are terms for customary and distinctive practice: “situations where the use and wont of their fathers no longer meet their necessities” (J.A. Froude).
Habitude refers to an individual's behaving in a certain way rather than a specific act: “His real habitude gave life and grace/To appertainings and to ornament” (Shakespeare).
See habit in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A habitual way of behaving:
consuetude, custom, habitude, manner, practice, praxis, usage, usance, use, way, wont. See usualThe physical or constitutional characteristics of a person:
build, constitution, habitus, physique. See bodyClothing worn by members of a religious order:
robe, vestment. See put on
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