habit

Examples

• All

• If you have a bad habit, that's going to change your life.

• It's a little harder to break the habit than I thought.

  Bewitched (2005)

• You are not going to break that habit with one healthy meal.

• You simply cannot quit a habit; it must be replaced by another behavior.

  Academic text (1990)

• Cigarette smoking is a very difficult habit to break, addiction to break.

  Megyn Kelly

• About half of regular smokers will be killed by their habit; a quarter prematurely and a quarter in old age.

  Academic text (2012)

• But what happens if you're a secret smoker and you keep your habit hidden even from your own doctor?

  Dr. Phil

• Breaking a cigarette smoking habit can take years and requires a lot of determination.

• She finally sought help to overcome her difficult habit of abusing alcohol.

• His habit of excessive gambling often left him in serious debt.

Synonyms

A

addiction

vshabit

289 4.1

A strong harmful need to keep using a drug or activity even when you cannot stop

is about regular excessive use of drugs that is hard to give up

S

substance abuse

vshabit

• NSFW

52 3.7

Using drugs or alcohol too much so it harms your health

is narrower, focusing on regular excessive drug use that is hard to give up

D

drug abuse

vshabit

• NSFW

34 2.8

Using illegal or harmful drugs too often so they harm a person's health and life

focuses more on regular excessive drug use that is hard to quit

D

drug addiction

vshabit

• NSFW

28 3.4

A long-lasting problem where someone cannot stop using drugs even though it harms them

is more about regular excessive use that is hard to give up

D

dependency

vshabit

• NSFW

17 6.0

A state of needing a drug or alcohol to feel normal

highlights repeated excessive drug use and difficulty to stop rather than just tolerance

D

dependence

vshabit

• NSFW

12 5.5

A strong need to keep taking drugs or alcohol to feel normal

emphasizes repeated excessive use and difficulty stopping rather than tolerance

Antonyms

S

sobriety

49 4.6

A state of not drinking alcohol or using drugs

Idioms

K

to kick the habit

• Informal

5 4.2

Stop doing something bad you do often, for example smoking

Compounds

C

creature of habit

• Formal

13 3.9

A person who follows the same routine most days and avoids change

N

nasty habit

9 3.3

A repeated action that people find unpleasant or annoying

F

force of habit

4 3.5

To do something without thinking because you do it very often

M

meth habit

• NSFW

1 9.2

A strong need to keep using meth that harms your life

N

nun's habit

1 7.4

A long loose outer piece of clothing that nuns wear as part of their religious clothes

R

riding habit

• Archaic

1 8.4

A long skirt and jacket that women wear for riding horses

B

buckraking habit

• Archaic

9.9

Making money in dishonest or unfair ways, often by public officials

M

monastic habit

8.9

A long loose garment worn by monks to show their religious group

I

impulsive spending habit

5.7

A habit of buying things quickly without thinking first

R

retox habit

• Neologism

9.8

A habit of going back to unhealthy actions after stopping them

How Addicted

habit

• NSFW

161 7.2

dependence

• NSFW

12 5.5

use

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology