habit

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An action performed on a regular basis.
2. (countable, uncountable) An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
3. (countable, uncountable) An addiction.

Verb

1. (transitive) To clothe.
2. (archaic, transitive) To inhabit.

Synonyms

custom

practice

way

usage

use

manner

wont

fashion

behaviour

routine

tradition

habits

conduct

addiction

character

method

manners

ways

rule

deeds

action

deportment

work

doings

actions

disposition

deed

style

riding habit

characteristic

costume

movement

convention

movements

nature

mode

exercise

law

pattern

habitude

doing

manner of life

works

garb

garment

raiment

customs

🛃

craving

guise

peculiarity

Translations

habitude

abitudine

hábito

Gewohnheit

costumbre

hábito

coutume

gewoonte

συνήθεια

costume

Brauch

gebruik

costume

Sitte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhæbɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: habit

Cognate with Middle English: abit

Cognate with Old French: abit

Inherited from Middle English: habiten

In summary

From Middle English habit, from Latin habitus (“condition, bearing, state, appearance, dress, attire”), from habeō (“I have, hold, keep”). Distantly related to gift. Replaced Middle English abit, from Old French abit, itself from the same Latin source. Displaced native Old English þēaw.