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Definitions for Wont

[1] accustomed; used (usually followed by an infinitive): He was wont to rise at dawn.
[2] custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.
[3] to accustom (a person), as to a thing: That summer wonted me to a lifetime of early rising.
[4] to render (a thing) customary or usual (usually used passively).
[5] to be wont.
[6] contraction of will not: He won't see you now.
[7] (postpositive) accustomed (to doing something) he was wont to come early
[8] a manner or action habitually employed by or associated with someone (often in the phrases as is my wont, as is his wont, etc)
[9] (when tr, usually passive) to become or cause to become accustomed
[10] will not

Words related to Wont

given, accustomed, inclined, used

Words nearby Wont

wonga, wonga-wonga, wonk, wonky, wonna, wont, wonted, woo, woo-hoo, woo-woo, wood

Origin of Wont

1300–50; (adj.) Middle English wont, woned, Old English gewunod, past participle of gewunian to be used to (see won2); cognate with German gewöhnt; (v.) Middle English, back formation from wonted or wont (past participle); (noun) apparently from conflation of wont (past participle) with obsolete wone wish, in certain stereotyped phrases

Words that may be confused with Wont

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, won'twon't, wont

Other words from Wont

wont·less , adjective

Word origin for Wont

Old English gewunod, past participle of wunian to be accustomed to; related to Old High German wunēn (German wohnen ), Old Norse una to be satisfied; see wean 1 , wish , winsome

Synonyms for Wont

given, accustomed, inclined, used, used to