Definitions

habitual

[huh-bich-oo-uhl] / həˈbɪtʃ u əl /

ADJECTIVE

usual, established

Synonyms

STRONGEST

addicted chronic hardened inveterate perpetual repeated

WEAK

accepted accustomed addicting automatic common confirmed constant continual conventional customary cyclic disciplined familiar fixed frequent ingrained iterated iterative mechanical methodical natural normal ordinary perfunctory permanent persistent practiced recurrent regular reiterative repetitious rooted routine seasoned set standard steady systematic traditional wonted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

temporary

WEAK

infrequent inhabitual intermittent occasional rare seldom uncommon unestablished unusual

Example Sentences

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One could also ask, though, more basically whether this defendant would qualify as a habitual user, and I want to explore that before we lose track of it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Justice Neil Gorsuch, a conservative, pushed back saying that even early American presidents might have qualified as "habitual drunkards" by the standards of today.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

But their more intimate songs portray her as an habitual outsider who doubts her own abilities and motivations.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

This habitual stentorian announcement of what the high court will be deciding was once merely myopic, ignoring ethics violations and judicial behavior as it did.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2025

Do they not hear me hollering over the fence at my sons every day in the habitual, maternal accents of a native-born fishwife?

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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