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habitual
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As an adjective, habitual means of or relating to a habit. As a noun, it means one who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender.
Meanings of habitual
7 meaningsadjective
Of or relating to a habit; established as a habit; performed over and over again; recurrent, recurring.
“Her habitual lying was the reason for my mistrust.”
Regular or usual.
“Professor Franklein took his habitual seat at the conference table.”
Of a person or thing: engaging in some behaviour as a habit or regularly.
“He’s a habitual chain-smoker.”
grammarPertaining to an action performed customarily, ordinarily, or usually.
Commonly used or practiced; usual
“his accustomed thoroughness”
“took his customary morning walk”
“his habitual comment”
Similar: accustomed, customary, wonted
noun
colloquialOne who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender.
grammarA construction representing something done habitually.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).