Synonyms of habituate

habituate

verb

hə-ˈbi-chə-ˌwāt 

as in to haunt

to go to or spend time in often

the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• haunt
• frequent
• visit
• affect
• hang (at)
• resort (to)
• invade
• patronize
• attend
• run (in)
• call (on or upon)
• infest
• stay (at)
• overrun
• swarm
• stop (by or in)
• stop (over)
• take in
• drop in
• camp (out in)
• drop by
• pop (in)
• tarry (in)
• sojourn (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoid
• shun
• escape
• evade
• shake
• elude
• eschew
• dodge
• duck

Example Sentences

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