HABITUATE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

habituate

verb

hə-ˈbi-chə-ˌwāt

Definition of habituate

as in to haunt

to go to or spend time in often the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs

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Recent Examples of habituate With active conflicts in many parts of the world such as Russia-Ukraine, Pakistan-Afghanistan, and in the Middle East, or humanitarian disaster as in Somalia, the people and states in the world are becoming increasingly war-habituated. — Debidatta A. Mahapatra, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026 Or the ways in which both adult-content sites such as OnlyFans and chatbot platforms habituate users (primarily men) to intimate relationships that are entirely sycophantic and affirming. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026 The process of learning to suppress a response to the rewarding stimulus happens at the level of the reward system—there is a decrease in the size of the dopamine release caused by a particular reward cue once the circuit has become habituated. — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026 But last year, one of the state’s 10 resurgent wolf packs became unusually habituated to hunting and eating livestock instead of wild prey. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for habituate

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Ohio Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amy Acton’s past is coming back to haunt her this October in more ways than one.

— Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
This magical thinking has extended into her current practice, which can feel both haunted by invisible bodies and animated by our own living and breathing ones.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of haunt

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Oakland County Sheriff's Office According to the sheriff's office, she is known to frequent the area of Clifford and Whittemore streets in Pontiac.

— Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Some, such as the Eagle’s Nest guest house frequented by Hitler, also draw large numbers of tourists.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2026

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On Sunday, Jordan’s Queen Rania and Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah attended a funeral held for the victims while Jordan’s King Abdullah II visited the injured in the hospital earlier.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Dan Lipinski is a former Democratic congressman from Illinois and a distinguished visiting fellow for the Center for Revitalizing American Institutions at the Hoover Institution.

— Dan Lipinski, Baltimore Sun, 27 Oct. 2026

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