habitual
[adjective]
Synonyms: customary, accustomed, familiar, normal, regular, routine, standard, traditional, usual

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Antonyms: occasional
Contrasted words: infrequent, irregular, sporadic, uncommon, conscious, deliberate, premeditative, purposive, witting
Related Words: constant, established, ingrained, inveterate, persistent, steady, continual, regular, automatic, instinctive, involuntary, addicted, customary, wonted

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ha‧bit‧u‧al /həˈbɪtʃuəl/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: habit, habitué; verb: habituate; adverb: habitually; adjective: habitual]

1. [only before noun] doing something from habit, and unable to stop doing it
habitual criminal/offender/felon etc
habitual drinker/gambler etc

2. done as a habit that you cannot stop:
His drinking had become habitual.

3. [only before noun] usual or typical of someone:
James took his habitual morning walk around the garden.
—habitually adverb:
men who are habitually violent

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