Clues for the word "HABIT"
We've had 203 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 442 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on April 27, 2026.
Definition of habit
- n. - The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.
- n. - The general appearance and manner of life of a living organism.
- n. - Fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior.
- n. - Outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit.
- n. - To inhabit.
- n. - To dress; to clothe; to array.
- n. - To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Chapman.
Referring Clues
- Equestrian's garb
- Equestrian's attire
- Custom
- Nun's wear
- It could be hard to break
- Black-and-white outfit
- Attire
- Something hard to break
- Addiction
- A bad one should be kicked
- Something to kick
- Behavior pattern
- It can be kicked
- Breaking a bad one is good
- Wont
- Usually black garb
- It might be kicked after being picked up
- If one's broken, that's often good
- Behavioral pattern
- Sister's attire
- It can be a good thing to break
- Attire for an abbess
- Acquired behavior pattern
- Nun's attire
- Nun's garb
- Riding attire
- "Sister Act" costume
- Nail-biting, e.g.
- Good thing to kick
- Kicked thing
- It can be hard to break
- Hard thing to kick
- "Breaking the ___": 2004 Linkin Park hit
- Dominant tendency
- It's tough to break one
- Regular tendency
- Convent attire
- Gum chewing, for some
- Professional duds
- Customary practice
- Gum chewing, to some
- Regular routine
- Entrenched routine
- Convent wear
- Garb for an abbess
- It may be hard to break
- Tendency
- Tough thing to kick
- Cloister garb
- It's good to break a bad one
- If one's broken, it's often good
- It may be kicked
- Daily routine
- Ingrained activity
- Nail-biting is one
- "Breaking the ___": 2004 Linkin Park hit
- "Sister Act" attire
- Order clothes
- Sister's outfit
- Riding garb
- Sister's wear
- It's often hard to kick
- Fixed practice
- ___ -forming
- Something that's often best broken
- Usual practice
- Convent outfit
- Nun's garment
- Nail-biting, perhaps
- Target of a New Year's resolution
- Unshakable behavior pattern
- Regular thing
- Mannerism
- Behaviour pattern
- Chewing one's nails, e.g.
- Equestrian outfit
- Oft-repeated behavior
- Hard thing to break
- Common practice for a nun?
- Riding costume
- Biting fingernails or cracking knuckles
- Order outfit
- Something to kick or break
- Something a mother wears
- Repetitive behavior pattern
- Thing that may be hard to break
- Sister's clothes
- Something to kick, maybe
- Hard thing to kick, maybe
- Ingrained routine
- "Sister Act" garb
- Good thing to break, perhaps
- Monk's garb
- It may be bad
- Monk's garb is hot to some extent
- Smooth finish on some attire
- Tough thing to break
- Knuckle-cracking, e.g.
- Sister's dress
- Something a person does regularly
- Chicago "Hard ___ to Break"
- '04 Linkin Park hit "Breaking the ___"
- Pearl Jam song about an addiction?
- Routine - clothing
- Established practice
- Acquired pattern of behaviour
- Belt keeping sailor's clothing in order
- To breathe a little is quite usual
- One gets in the bath, maybe, as a regular thing
- Seaman knocked out, as usual
- The sailor struck out, as is the custom
- Breathe a little, as is the custom
- Laugh a little at the attire
- Monastic custom?
- The frequent practice of riding?
- How one gets into the bath is a regular thing
- Regular attire?
- Might it give Tabitha heart when horse riding?
- The custom of riding?
- It's worn by sailor in a blow
- Custom - dress
- A monastic custom?
- Addictive thing to wear?
- Monk's costume
- One can ride in it, as a rule
- One donned as a regular thing?
- Usual behaviour
- Nun's costume
- See 9
- Dependency
- Husband rather displaying a uniform response
- Ingrained behaviour
- Wear what one's used to
- Convent garment
- It's customary for a seaman to strike out
- Obsession with dress?
- It's done again and again
- It can be hard to kick
- Something you might break
- Routine
- What might one have a regular tendency to wear?
- Religious costume
- Nun's outfit
- Customary behavior
- Everyday garment?
- Tabitha's thankless usual arrangement?
- Nun's uniform
- A woman could ride in one
- Something you might kick after you pick it up
- Hard thing to kick, perhaps
- A blowout for a seaman, as a rule?
- Regular tendency or practice
- Custom of being dressy?
- Cloister garment
- Something you wear because you've always worn it?
- Smoking, to many
- Wearing it for riding, one may be kicked
- Gambling, to some
- One customarily applying force?
- Clothing can make you hot, a little
- Daily crossword solving, e.g.
- Regular practice
- The custom of riding?
- Established custom
- "Nunsense" costume
- Force of ___
- It's customary to have a little after finishing lunch
- Smoking, to some
- Good thing to break, maybe
- Custom of riding?
- One's in the bath, perhaps, as a weekly thing
- It might be hard to break
- Smoking or procrastination, e.g.
- No new attire!
- Checking for messages, e.g.
- Convent costume
- That of regular riding?
- One gets in the bath, perhaps, as a regular thing
- Some hairpiece worn significantly?
- "Just don't make a ___ of it"
- That of always wearing one hat out of two?
- It may be difficult to break
- Less than a half share, as a rule?
- Customary line in bath design
- Sailor knocked out, as usual
- It might be tough to break one
- Monastic custom?
- The frequent practice of riding?
- One gets in the bath, somehow, as a regular thing
- Regular attire?
- Creature of ___
- Something it might be good to break
- Might it give Tabitha heart when horse riding?
- A monastic custom?
- Addictive thing to wear?
- One might be tough to kick
- One donned as a regular thing?
- It's customary for a seafarer to strike out
- Obsession with dress?
- Nail biting, maybe
- A blowout for a seafarer, as a rule?
- Hard ___ to break
- Some hair-piece worn significantly?
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - April 27, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 20, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 12, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - April 11, 2026
- Daily American - April 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - March 26, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 09, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - February 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 22, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 22, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 14, 2025
- Daily American - October 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 28, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 30, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 25, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 07, 2025
- LA Times - May 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 27, 2025
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