Habit

//ˈhæb.ɪt//

Synonyms for "habit" (195 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (59)

Related words (97)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

25 entries

abuse apparel attire clothe custom development dress enclothe fit out garb garment growing growth habilitate

Showing 16 of 25 words.

Antonyms

2 entries

one time time

Synonyms

3 entries

riding habit substance abuse wont

Related terms

10 entries

exhibit habitant habitat habitation habitual habituate habitus inhabit inhibit prohibit

causes desire

1 entries

begin work

derived

19 entries

creature of habit crystal habit drop like a bad habit eating habit force of habit habit and repute habit cough habit of body habit of mind habit of thought habit shirt habit-forming kick the habit make a habit of marriage by cohabitation with habit and repute marriage by habit and repute

Showing 16 of 19 words.

has context

4 entries

botany mineralogy psychology religion

is a

4 entries

attire custom growth women's clothing

manner of

1 entries

dress

related to

131 entries

action activity addiction apparel appearance attire automatically awareness bad bad addiction bad behavior bad trait basis behavior biting biting nails

Showing 16 of 131 words.

similar

1 entries

alb

Translations

284 translations across 116 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

Varësi noun (addiction)
Zakon noun (an action done on a regular basis)
gojdhânë noun (an action done on a regular basis)
shprehi noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

συνήθεια noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Arabic

1 entries

عَادَة noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Armenian

3 entries

սովորություն noun (an action done on a regular basis)
սովորություն noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
սովորույթ noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Aromanian

1 entries

huchi noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Assamese

1 entries

অভ্যাস noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Asturian

2 entries

hábitu noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
vezu noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

adət noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Bashkir

2 entries

ғәҙәт noun (an action done on a regular basis)
ғәҙәт noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Belarusian

3 entries

звы́чай noun (an action done on a regular basis)
звы́чка noun (an action done on a regular basis)
звы́чка noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Bengali

1 entries

অভ্যাস noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

आदत noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Breton

1 entries

boaz noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Bulgarian

4 entries

мона́шеско облекло́ noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
на́вик noun (an action done on a regular basis)
на́вик noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
одея́ние noun (outward appearance; attire; dress)

Burmese

2 entries

ဝသီ noun (an action done on a regular basis)
အလေ့အကျင့် noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Catalan

2 entries

costum noun (an action done on a regular basis)
hàbit noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)

Chechen

3 entries

ламаст noun (an action done on a regular basis)
ӏедал noun (an action done on a regular basis)
ӏедал noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎢᏯᏛᏁᎵᏓᏍᏗ noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Chinese

2 entries

習慣 /习惯 noun (an action done on a regular basis)
習慣 /习惯 noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

習慣 /习惯 noun (an action done on a regular basis)
習慣 /习惯 noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

修女服 noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
習慣 /习惯 noun (an action done on a regular basis)
習慣 /习惯 noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Corsican

1 entries

abitùdine noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

adet noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Czech

3 entries

hábit noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
návyk noun (an action done on a regular basis)
zvyk noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Danish

2 entries

vane noun (an action done on a regular basis)
vane noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Dari

1 entries

عَادَت noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Dutch

4 entries

automatisme noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
gewoonte noun (an action done on a regular basis)
gewoonte noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
habijt noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)

Esperanto

4 entries

froko noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
kutimo noun (an action done on a regular basis)
vesto noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
vesto noun (piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity)

Estonian

2 entries

harjumus noun (an action done on a regular basis)
harjumus noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Even

1 entries

хавкан noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Evenki

2 entries

савкан noun (an action done on a regular basis)
татын noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Faroese

1 entries

vani noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Finnish

4 entries

asu noun (piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity)
kaapu noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
kilpailuasu noun (piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity)
munkinkaapu noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)

French

4 entries

costume noun (piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity)
habit noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
habitude noun (an action done on a regular basis)
habitude noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Friulian

1 entries

usance noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Galician

4 entries

costume noun (an action done on a regular basis)
habitude noun (an action done on a regular basis)
hábito noun (an action done on a regular basis)
hábito noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Georgian

2 entries

ჩვევა noun (an action done on a regular basis)
ჩვეულება noun (an action done on a regular basis)

German

4 entries

Gepflogenheit noun (an action done on a regular basis)
Gewohnheit noun (an action done on a regular basis)
Habitus noun (an action done on a regular basis)
Kutte noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)

Greek

4 entries

έξη noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
έξη noun (addiction)
εθισμός noun (addiction)
ράσο noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)

Gujarati

1 entries

ટેવ noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

abitid noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries

習慣 /习惯 noun (an action done on a regular basis)
習慣 /习惯 noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Hausa

1 entries

dabu'a noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Hawaiian

1 entries

hana maʻa noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Hebrew

2 entries

הֶרְגֵּל noun (an action done on a regular basis)
מִנְהָג noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Hindi

3 entries

अभ्यास noun (an action done on a regular basis)
आदत noun (an action done on a regular basis)
आदत noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Hungarian

4 entries

csuha noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
habitus noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
megszokás noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
szokás noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Icelandic

2 entries

vani noun (an action done on a regular basis)
venja noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Ido

1 entries

kustumo noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Igbo

1 entries

omume noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Indonesian

2 entries

adat noun (an action done on a regular basis)
kebiasaan noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Ingrian

2 entries

koosi noun (an action done on a regular basis)
koosi noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Interlingua

3 entries

habito noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
habito noun (piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity)
habitude noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

عادَت noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Irish

4 entries

béas noun (an action done on a regular basis)
cleachtadh noun (an action done on a regular basis)
gnás noun (an action done on a regular basis)
nós noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Italian

4 entries

abitudine noun (an action done on a regular basis)
abitudine noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
abitudine noun (addiction)
consuetudine noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Japanese

4 entries

依存症 noun (addiction)
癖 noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
癖 noun (addiction)
習慣 noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Javanese

1 entries

adat noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Jeju

1 entries

쿠세 noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Kazakh

1 entries

әдет noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Khmer

1 entries

ទំលាប់ noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Korean

4 entries

버릇 noun (an action done on a regular basis)
버릇 noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
습관 noun (an action done on a regular basis)
습관 noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

адат noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Lao

1 entries

ນິໄສ noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Latin

1 entries

habitus noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Latvian

2 entries

ieradums noun (an action done on a regular basis)
paradums noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Lithuanian

1 entries

įprotis noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Macedonian

1 entries

навика noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Malay

3 entries

adat noun (an action done on a regular basis)
kebiasaan noun (an action done on a regular basis)
tabiat noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Malayalam

2 entries

വഴക്കം noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
ശീലം noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Maltese

1 entries

drawwa noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Manx

4 entries

cliaghtey noun (an action done on a regular basis)
cliaghtey noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
coamrey noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
coamrey noun (piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity)

Marathi

4 entries

रीती noun (the general appearance of a plant)
सवय noun (an action done on a regular basis)
सवय noun (addiction)
स्वरूप noun (the general appearance of a plant)

Mongolian

2 entries

зан noun (an action done on a regular basis)
зуршил noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Nepali

2 entries

अभ्यास noun (an action done on a regular basis)
बानी noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

twaɓia noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

edet noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

sedvane noun (an action done on a regular basis)
vane noun (an action done on a regular basis)
vane noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

sedvane noun (an action done on a regular basis)
vane noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Occitan

2 entries

abitud noun (an action done on a regular basis)
costuma noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Odia

1 entries

ଅଭ୍ୟାସ noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Old English

1 entries

þēaw noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Pashto

1 entries

عادت noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Sitten noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Polish

4 entries

habit noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
nawyk noun (an action done on a regular basis)
nawyk noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
nałóg noun (addiction)

Portuguese

4 entries

costume noun (an action done on a regular basis)
hábito noun (an action done on a regular basis)
hábito noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
hábito noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)

Punjabi

2 entries

ਆਦਤ noun (an action done on a regular basis)
ਆਦਤਾਂ noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Romanian

4 entries

habitudine noun (an action done on a regular basis)
obicei noun (an action done on a regular basis)
obicei noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
obișnuință noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Romansch

3 entries

adüs noun (an action done on a regular basis)
deisa noun (an action done on a regular basis)
disa noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Russian

4 entries

зави́симость noun (addiction)
обы́чай noun (an action done on a regular basis)
обыкнове́ние noun (an action done on a regular basis)
привы́чка noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Sanskrit

1 entries

अभ्यास noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

cleachdadh noun (an action done on a regular basis)
cleachdadh noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

nȃvika noun (an action done on a regular basis)
privika noun (an action done on a regular basis)
на̑вика noun (an action done on a regular basis)
привика noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Sicilian

1 entries

abbitùtini noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Slovak

2 entries

návyk noun (an action done on a regular basis)
zvyk noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Slovene

1 entries

navada noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Somali

1 entries

caado noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Spanish

4 entries

costumbre noun (an action done on a regular basis)
hábito noun (an action done on a regular basis)
hábito noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
hábito noun (addiction)

Swedish

1 entries

vana noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Tajik

1 entries

одат noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Tamil

4 entries

அடிமை noun (addiction)
அடிமையாதல் noun (addiction)
சீருடை noun (piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity)
பழக்கம் noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Tatar

1 entries

гадәт noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Telugu

1 entries

అలవాటు noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Thai

1 entries

นิสัย noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Tocharian B

1 entries

yakne noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Turkish

2 entries

adet noun (an action done on a regular basis)
alışkanlık noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Turkmen

2 entries

adat noun (an action done on a regular basis)
endik noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Ukrainian

3 entries

зви́чка noun (an action done on a regular basis)
зви́чка noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
ря́са noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)

Urdu

1 entries

عادَت noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئادەت noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Uzbek

1 entries

odat noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Vietnamese

3 entries

thói noun (addiction)
thói quen noun (an action done on a regular basis)
thói quen noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)

Volapük

3 entries

kösömot noun (an action done on a regular basis)
kösömotaklot noun (long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns)
kösömotaklot noun (piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity)

Walloon

4 entries

abitude noun (an action done on a regular basis)
abitude noun (action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness)
acostumance noun (an action done on a regular basis)
alaedje noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Welsh

2 entries

arferiad noun (an action done on a regular basis)
cynefindod noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Yiddish

1 entries

געוווינהייט noun (an action done on a regular basis)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You should try to form the habit of using your dictionaries.

Source: tatoeba (16028)

You must get rid of that bad habit.

Source: tatoeba (16616)

The habit of smoking is very difficult to get rid of.

Source: tatoeba (19954)

I wish I could break the habit of smoking.

Source: tatoeba (19955)

Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.

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Habit

Synonyms for "habit" (195 found)

Closest matches (39)

Strong matches (59)

Related words (97)

Related word relations

More general

Antonyms

Synonyms

Related terms

causes desire

derived

has context

is a

manner of

related to

similar

Translations

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Aromanian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Belarusian

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Chechen

Cherokee

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Corsican

Crimean Tatar

Czech

Danish

Dari

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Even

Evenki

Faroese

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Haitian Creole

Hakka Chinese

Hausa

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Igbo

Indonesian

Ingrian

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Javanese

Jeju

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean