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- Dictionaryhabitual/həˈbɪtʃʊəl/
adjective
- 1. done constantly or as a habit: "his habitual use of heroin" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of HABITUAL is regularly or repeatedly doing or practicing something or acting in some manner : having the nature of a habit : customary. How to use habitual in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Habitual.
usual or repeated: a habitual thief. habitual drug use. dressed in his habitual black. her habitual meanness. Synonyms. accustomed. customary. usual. wonted formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Habitual and customary. accustomed. all in a day's work idiom. as a (general) rule idiom. as a matter of course idiom.
adjective. formal us / həˈbɪtʃ.u.əl / uk / həˈbɪtʃ.u.əl / Add to word list Add to word list. usual or repeated: a habitual thief. habitual drug use. dressed in his habitual black. her habitual meanness. Synonyms. accustomed. customary. usual. wonted formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Habitual and customary. accustomed.
habitual. A habitual action, state, or way of behaving is one that someone usually does or has, especially one that is considered to be typical or characteristic of them. He soon recovered his habitual geniality. If bad posture becomes habitual, you risk long-term effects.
Habitual is the adjective form of habit, which comes from the Latin habēre, which meant the mode of one's being, and often referred to the mode of dress. Now habit means anything you do repeatedly — your habitual actions.
(of an action) done, often in a way that is annoying or difficult to stop. habitual complaining. the habitual use of heroin. Extra Examples. [only before noun] (of a person) doing something that has become a habit and is therefore difficult to stop. a habitual criminal/drinker/liar.
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word habitual, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
