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| Main Entry: | habit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, practice |
| Synonyms: | addiction, bent, bias, constitution, convention, custom, disposition, fashion, fixation, frame of mind*, gravitation, groove, inclination, manner, mannerism, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, quirk, routine, rule, rut, second nature*, set, style, susceptibility, thing*, turn, usage, use, way, weakness, wont, assuetude, consuetude, dependence, fixed attitude, habitude, hangup, impulsion, make-up, proneness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | habit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dress, clothing, often for a particular purpose |
| Synonyms: | apparel, costume, garb, garment, habiliment, robe, vestment, riding clothes |
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| Main Entry: | habit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
conventional, accredited, accustomary, accustomed, acknowledged, admitted, besetting, common, commonplace, conformable, current, customary, devoted, established, everyday, familiar, fashionable, fixed, frequent, general, habitual, hackneyed, household, ingrafted, ingrained, inveterate, jog, ordinary, permanent, prescriptive, prevailing, prevalent, received, recognized, regular, rooted, seasoned, set, stereotyped, stock, trite, understood, usual, vernacular, wont, wonted
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-nouns
habit, habitude; assuetude, assuefaction, wont; run, way., common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things; matter of course; beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground., prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice; prevalence, observance; conventionalism, conventionality; mode, fashion, vogue; etiquette (gentility) [more]; order of the day, cry; conformity [more]; consuetude, dustoor., one's old way, old school, veteris vestigia flammae; laudator temporis acti., rule, standing order, precedent, routine; red-tape, red-tapism; pipe clay; rut, groove., cacoethes; bad habit, confirmed habit, inveterate habit, intrinsic habit; addiction, trick., training (education) [more]; seasoning, second nature, acclimatization; knack.
-verbs
be wont., fall into a rut, fall into a custom (conform to) [more]; tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten path; stare super antiquas vias; move in a rut, run on in a groove, go round like a horse in a mill, go on in the old jog trot way., habituate, inure, harden, season, caseharden; accustom, familiarize; naturalize, acclimatize; keep one's hand in; train (educate) [more]., get into the way, get into the knack of; learn [more]; cling to, adhere to; repeat [more]; acquire a habit, contract a habit, fall into a habit, acquire a trick, contract a trick, fall into a trick; addict oneself to, take to, get into., be habitual; prevail; come into use, become a habit, take root; gain upon one, grow upon one.
-adjectives
habitual; accustomary; prescriptive, accustomed; of daily occurrence, everyday occurrence; consuetudinary; wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent, everyday, household, jog, trot; well-trodden, well-known; familiar, vernacular, trite, commonplace, conventional, regular, set, stock, established, stereotyped; prevailing, prevalent; current, received, acknowledged, recognized, accredited; of course, admitted, understood., conformable [more]; according to use, according to custom, according to routine; in vogue, in fashion, in, with it; fashionable (genteel) [more]., wont; used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to, habituated; in the habit of; habitue; at home in (skillful) [more]; seasoned; imbued with; devoted to, wedded to., hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted, ingrafted, permanent, inveterate, besetting; naturalized; ingrained (intrinsic) [more].
-adverbs
habitually; always (uniformly) [more]., as usual, as is one's wont, as things go, as the world goes, as the sparks fly upwards; more suo, more solito; ex more., as a rule, for the most part; usually, generally, typically; most often, most frequently.
-phrases
cela s'entend; abeunt studia in mores; adeo in teneris consuescere multum est; consuetudo quasi altera natura [Cicero]; hoc erat in more majorum; "How use doth breed a habit in a man!" [Two Gentlemen]; magna est vis consuetudinis; morent fecerat usus
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| Antonyms: | desuetude |
| Main Entry: | apparel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothing; covering |
| Synonyms: | array, attire, clothes, costume, dress, duds*, equipment, garb, garment, gear*, habiliment, habit, outfit, raiment, rig*, robe, suit, threads*, vestment, accoutrement, drapery, getup, trapping |
| Notes: | apparel highlights the sense of clothes as material; attire, the sense of clothes as dress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | attire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothing |
| Synonyms: | apparel, array, bib and tucker, clothes, costume, dress, duds*, garb, gear, habit, outfit, raiment, things, threads*, uniform, vestment, wear, accoutrements, drapes, garments, getup, habiliments, togs |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical structure, form |
| Synonyms: | body, conformation, constitution, figure, frame, habit, physique, shape, habitus |
| Antonyms: | mind |
| Main Entry: | clothe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with apparel |
| Synonyms: | apparel, array, attire, caparison, cloak, coat, costume, deck, disguise, do up*, drape, dress, dress up, dud*, endow, equip, fit, garb, gown, guise, habit, invest, jacket, mantle, outfit, primp, raiment, rig, robe, spruce, swaddle, swathe, turn out, vest, accouter, bedizen, bedrape, breech, bundle up, dandify, dizen, endue, enwrap, fit out, habilitate, livery, suit up, tog |
| Antonyms: | reveal, take off, uncover, unclothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clothes/clothing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal attire |
| Synonyms: | apparel, array, caparison, costume, covering, drag*, dress, duds*, ensemble, equipment, finery, frippery, frock, garb, gear, habiliment, habit, outfit, rags*, raiment, regalia, rigging, sack*, sportswear, things*, threads*, trappings, vestment, wardrobe, wear, Sunday best, accouterment, civvies, drapery, full feather, garments, get-up, hand-me-downs, livery, mufti, overclothes, panoply, tailleur, tatters, toggery, togs, tout ensemble, trousseau, underclothes, vesture, vines, weeds, zoot suit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothing; woman's garment |
| Synonyms: | apparel, attire, costume, covering, drape, dry goods, duds*, ensemble, frock, garb, gear, gown, guise, habiliment, habit, outfit, raiment, robe, shift, skirt, suit, things*, threads*, trappings, uniform, vestment, wardrobe, Sunday best, accouterment, attirement, civvies, evening clothes, muumuu, pinafore, smock, tog, toga, toggery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | women's garment |
| Synonyms: | apron, clothing, dress, gown, habit, robe, muumuu |
| Main Entry: | garb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clothing |
| Synonyms: | apparel, appearance, array, attire, clothes, costume, dress, duds*, form, garment, gear, guise, habiliment, habit, outfit, rags*, raiment, semblance, things*, threads*, uniform, wear, feathers, robes, vestments |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | garment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | article of clothing |
| Synonyms: | apparel, array, attire, costume, covering, dress, duds*, garb, gear, habiliment, habit, outfit, raiment, robe, things*, threads*, uniform, wear, drapes, feathers, get-up, togs, vestments, weeds |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | robe, dress |
| Synonyms: | clothes, costume, frock, garb, garment, habit |
| Main Entry: | idiosyncrasy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | oddity, quirk |
| Synonyms: | affectation, bit, characteristic, distinction, eccentricity, feature, habit, mannerism, peculiarity, trait, trick, singularity |
| Main Entry: | individuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personality |
| Synonyms: | air, character, complexion, difference, disposition, dissimilarity, distinction, eccentricity, habit, humor, identity, idiosyncrasy, independence, makeup, manner, nature, oddity, oneness, originality, peculiarity, rarity, temper, temperament, unity, way, discreteness, distinctiveness, individualism, ipseity, particularity, seity, selfdom, selfhood, selfness, separateness, singleness, singularity, singularness, uniqueness, unlikeness |
| Main Entry: | mannerism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peculiarity of how someone behaves, acts |
| Synonyms: | affectation, air, characteristic, eccentricity, foible, habit, idiosyncrasy, pose, pretension, quirk, trait, trick, oddness, queerness, singularity |
| Main Entry: | physique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | build of human body |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, body, built, character, configuration, constitution, corpus, figure, form, frame, habit, makeup, nature, shape, structure, type, habitus, muscles |
| Main Entry: | quirk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | oddity of personality, way of doing something |
| Synonyms: | aberration, caprice, characteristic, conceit, crotchet, eccentricity, equivocation, fancy, fetish, foible, habit, humor, idée fixe, idiosyncrasy, irregularity, kink, knack, mannerism, peculiarity, quibble, subterfuge, trait, turn, twist, vagary, whim, whimsy, singularity |
| Main Entry: | ritual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony, tradition |
| Synonyms: | act, ceremonial, communion, convention, custom, form, formality, habit, liturgy, observance, ordinance, practice, prescription, procedure, protocol, red tape*, rite, routine, sacrament, service, solemnity, stereotype, usage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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