habit

hab-it · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.

  2. 2.

    A customary practice or usual manner of behavior.

  3. 3.

    A long, loose garment worn by members of a religious order.

Forms

plural: habits

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    force of habit — doing something automatically because one has always done it
  • •
    creature of habit — a person who follows the same routines
  • •
    kick the habit — to stop a bad habit, especially an addiction

Related words

Antonyms: irregularity
See also: habits, habitual, inhabit
Synonyms: custom, practice, routine

Etymology

From Latin habitus ("condition, appearance, dress"), from habere ("to have, to hold"). Entered English via Old French habit.