Inveterate

/ɪnˈvɛtəɹɪt/

Synonyms for "inveterate" (158 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Adjective(1 words)

abiding accustomed acknowledged addicted admitted age-long aged ancient antique chronic confirmed constant continuing conventional customarydeep dyeddeep rooteddeep seateddeep-dyed deep-engraven

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deep-fixed deep-grounded deep-laid deep-rooted deep-seated deep-set deep-settled

Adjective(3 words)

bred-in-the-bonedeep-rooted deep-seated

Adverb(1 words)

chronically

Strong matches (47)

diuturnal durabledyed-in-the-woolembedded embossed endure enduring engrafted engraved entrenched established etched evergreen fastfirmly establishedfixed folk graven habitual habituated

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hallowedhanded downhardened hardy heroic hoary immemorial immutable implanted impressed imprinted inbred incorrigible inculcated incurableindelibly impressedindurated infixed ingrained

Adjective(2 words)

dyed-in-the-woolingrained

Adjective(6 words)

embed entrench entrenched habitual ingrain ingrained

Related words (79)

ingrown innate instilled intransient inwrought irreversible lasting legendary lifelonglong establishedlong lastinglong livedlong standinglong termlong-established long-lasting long-lived long-standing long-term longeval

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longevous macrobiotic mythologicalof long durationof long standingof the folkoldold lineold-lineon a rockon bedrockoral perdurable perduring perennial permanent perpetual persistent persisting prescriptive received recognized remaining rooted sempervirent set settledsettled in habitstabilized stable staying steadfast steady sworn thorough time-honored tough traditionaltried and truetrue bluetrue-blue understood unfading unwritten usual venerable vested vital well-established well-founded well-grounded well-set well-settled worshipful

Adjective(3 words)

long-standing obstinate radicated

Adjective(2 words)

longstanding root

Related word relations

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More general

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adjective establish fix

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7 entries

embed entrench ingraininveterate cynicinveterate liarinveterate smokerroot

Collocations

10 entries

inveterate biasinveterate criminalinveterate cynicinveterate enemyinveterate gamblerinveterate habitinveterate liarinveterate practiceinveterate smokerlongstanding inveteracy

Inflections

5 entries

inveterated inveterates inveteratingmore inveteratemost inveterate

Derivations

2 entries

inveterately inveterateness

similar

1 entries

usual

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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They overcame many inveterate superstitions.

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Mary is the kind of inveterate traveller who will probably never settle down in one place.

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Ask your own conscience, Sir William, what has prompted you to become a renegade to your political party and opinions, and led you, for what I know, to be on the point of marrying your only daughter to a beggarly Jacobite bankrupt, the inveterate enemy of your family to the boot.

Source: tatoeba (7760662)

Australians are inveterate travelers.

Source: tatoeba (8794471)

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