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Definitions for Habit

[1] an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
[2] customary practice or use: Daily bathing is an American habit.
[3] a particular practice, custom, or usage: the habit of shaking hands.
[4] a dominant or regular disposition or tendency; prevailing character or quality: She has a habit of looking at the bright side of things.
[5] addiction, especially to narcotics (often preceded by the ).
[6] mental character or disposition: a habit of mind.
[7] characteristic bodily or physical condition.
[8] the characteristic form, aspect, mode of growth, etc., of an organism: a twining habit.
[9] the characteristic crystalline form of a mineral.
[10] garb of a particular rank, profession, religious order, etc.: a monk's habit.
[11] the attire worn by a rider of a saddle horse.
[12] to clothe; array.
[13] Archaic . to dwell in.
[14] Obsolete . to dwell.
[15] a tendency or disposition to act in a particular way
[16] established custom, usual practice, etc
[17] psychol a learned behavioural response that has become associated with a particular situation, esp one frequently repeated
[18] mental disposition or attitude a good working habit of mind
[19] a practice or substance to which a person is addicted drink has become a habit with him the state of being dependent on something, esp a drug
[20] botany zoology the method of growth, type of existence, behaviour, or general appearance of a plant or animal a climbing habit ; a burrowing habit
[21] the customary apparel of a particular occupation, rank, etc, now esp the costume of a nun or monk
[22] Also called: riding habit a woman's riding dress
[23] crystallog short for crystal habit
[24] to clothe
[25] an archaic word for inhabit, habituate

Words related to Habit

style, nature, pattern, quirk, custom, thing, manner, routine, usage, obsession, mode, fashion, set, bent, dependence, bias, use, gravitation, constitution, propensity

Words nearby Habit

habile, habiliment, habilitate, habima, habiru, habit, habit spasm, habit-forming, habitable, habitan, habitancy

Origin of Habit

21325–75; Middle English habiten < Latin habitāre to inhabit; see habitat

Word origin for Habit

C13: from Latin habitus custom, from habēre to have

Synonyms for Habit

custom, manner, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, quirk, routine, style, thing, usage, addiction, bent, bias, constitution, consuetude, convention, dependence, disposition, fashion, fixation, gravitation, groove, habitude, impulsion, inclination, make-up, mannerism, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, rule, rut, set, susceptibility, turn, use, way, weakness, wont, assuetude, fixed attitude, frame of mind, hangup, second nature