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ha·bit·u·al
 habitual
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- pronunciation:
- h
bI
chu
l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
in accordance with habit; customary.
Interrupting is one her annoying habitual behaviors.He's gone out on his habitual morning run.- synonyms:
- accustomed, customary, inveterate, regular, routine
- antonyms:
- uncustomary
- similar words:
- chronic, confirmed, conventional, frequent, general, persistent, traditional, usual
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| definition 2: |
done by habit.
Her habitual lying has become noticeable to all her teachers.- synonyms:
- accustomed, customary, inveterate, regular, routine
- antonyms:
- infrequent, occasional
- similar words:
- chronic, confirmed, frequent, general, persistent, traditional
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| definition 3: |
usual; ordinary.
He arrived at the habitual time.- synonyms:
- accustomed, customary, normal, ordinary, regular, routine, standard, usual
- antonyms:
- occasional, unaccustomed
- similar words:
- accepted, characteristic, expect, fixed, general, natural, quotidian, set, traditional, typical
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| related words: |
common, everyday, regular, standard, steady |
(adj.)habitual
+ noun
abuse,
act,
activity,
alcohol,
aspect,
attachment,
attitude,
behavior,
caffeine,
consumption,
criminal,
disposition,
distance,
dose,
driver,
drug,
exercise,
expression,
failure,
felony,
gesture,
grace,
grasp,
judgment,
learning,
liar,
loser,
lying,
mode,
motion,
offender,
pattern,
practice,
prudence,
reaction,
reader,
reading,
reluctance,
residence,
response,
ritual,
routine,
sin,
smoker,
stance,
tardiness,
tendency,
thinking,
thought,
understanding,
use,
user,
violator,
virtue
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| derivations: |
habitually (adv.), habitualness (n.) |
The word habitual
contains the following parts:
hab, hib
Latin
root
that means hold, have
  Example words:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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