habitual
Part of routine
Habitual describes actions, behaviors, or states that occur regularly through established habit or custom.
A habitual liar lies so often that dishonesty has become ingrained; a habitual morning runner runs every day without having to decide to do it.
The word can also characterize someone legally: a habitual offender has committed the same crime multiple times, often triggering enhanced sentencing.
Habitual carries a slight formal tone; in casual speech, people more often say usual or regular.
Following long-held customs
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
- accustomedAdapted through habit
- establishedFormally set up
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
expected · commonplace · familiar · wonted · time-honored · prevailing · normative · standard
Happening repeatedly over time
- cyclicalRepeating in rounds
- repeatedDone or said again
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- continualRepeatedly occurring over time
perpetual · chronic · constant · unvarying · predictable · monotonous · daily · regular
Recurring arrangement or template
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- routineRegular sequence of actions
discipline · consistency · tendency · proclivity · propensity · second nature · modus operandi · lifestyle
Operating without intervention
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- deep-seatedFirmly established within
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
- innateExisting since birth
hardwired · rooted · embedded · subconscious · internalized · unconscious · reflexive · involuntary
Compulsive substance reliance
- dependenceState of needing another
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
craving · withdrawal · relapse · tolerance · substance · alcoholism · recovery · intervention
traditional
Following long-held customs
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
- accustomedAdapted through habit
- establishedFormally set up
typical · expected · commonplace · familiar · wonted · time-honored · prevailing · normative · standard · usual
recurring
Happening repeatedly over time
- cyclicalRepeating in rounds
- repeatedDone or said again
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
continual · perpetual · chronic · constant · unvarying · predictable · monotonous · daily · regular · frequent
pattern
Recurring arrangement or template
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
routine · discipline · consistency · tendency · proclivity · propensity · second nature · modus operandi · lifestyle · norm
automatic
Operating without intervention
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- deep-seatedFirmly established within
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
innate · hardwired · rooted · embedded · subconscious · internalized · unconscious · reflexive · involuntary · unthinking
addiction
Compulsive substance reliance
- dependenceState of needing another
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
fixation · craving · withdrawal · relapse · tolerance · substance · alcoholism · recovery · intervention · detoxification
- thoughtlessthoughtless, unthinking, mindless, unreflective, unconsidered
- behaviorsaggressive, agitation, conduct, passive, sneezing
- habit wordsdaily, regular, routine, chronic, persistent
- criminal traitsconvicted, guilty, accused, arrested, wanted
- verb aspectsperfective, progressive, stative, continuous, iterative
- durativescontinuative, progressive, stative, continuous, ongoing
habitualoccasional
Happening at intervals
infrequent · sporadic · rare · intermittent · irregular
habitualunusual
Not often encountered
uncommon · exceptional · unaccustomed · uncustomary · uncharacteristic
habitualdeliberate
Consciously chosen, not accidental
intentional · conscious · considered · purposeful · calculated
- habitual useEstablished regular practice
- habitual offenderPersistent lawbreaker
- habitual criminalPersistent repeat offender
- habitual smokerPerson with tobacco dependency
- habitual userChronic substance dependent
- habitual patternsBehaviors repeated automatically
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