| habit | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. habit, wont | an established custom.; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening" |
| ~ custom, tradition | a specific practice of long standing. |
| n. (act) | 2. habit, use | (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition.; "owls have nocturnal habits"; "she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair"; "long use had hardened him to it" |
| ~ custom, usage, usance | accepted or habitual practice. |
| ~ ritual | stereotyped behavior. |
| ~ second nature | acquired behavior that is practiced so long it seems innate. |
| ~ psychological science, psychology | the science of mental life. |
| ~ cleanliness | the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. habit | a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order. |
| ~ attire, garb, dress | clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.; "formal attire"; "battle dress" |
| ~ frock | a habit worn by clerics. |
| ~ monastic habit | a long loose habit worn by monks in a monastery. |
| ~ nun's habit | a long loose habit worn by nuns in a convent. |
| ~ faith, religion, religious belief | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.; "he lost his faith but not his morality" |
| n. (process) | 4. habit | the general form or mode of growth (especially of a plant or crystal).; "a shrub of spreading habit" |
| ~ growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level.; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" |
| n. (artifact) | 5. habit, riding habit | attire that is typically worn by a horseback rider (especially a woman's attire). |
| ~ attire, garb, dress | clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.; "formal attire"; "battle dress" |
| ~ jodhpur breeches, jodhpurs, riding breeches | flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots. |
| ~ riding boot | a boot without laces that is worn for riding horses; part of a riding habit. |
| n. (act) | 6. drug abuse, habit, substance abuse | excessive use of drugs. |
| ~ misuse, abuse | improper or excessive use.; "alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds" |
| ~ alcohol abuse, alcoholic abuse, alcoholism abuse | excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks. |
| v. (body) | 7. habit | put a habit on. |
| ~ apparel, clothe, enclothe, garb, garment, raiment, tog, dress, fit out, habilitate | provide with clothes or put clothes on.; "Parents must feed and dress their child" |
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