N. inhabitant, resident,
residentiary, dweller, indweller,
addressee,
occupier,
occupant, householder,
lodger,
inmate, tenant,
incumbent,
sojourner,
locum tenens,
commorant, settler,
squatter,
backwoodsman,
colonist, islander,
denizen, citizen,
burgher,
oppidan,
cockney,
cit,
townsman,
burgess, villager,
cottager,
cottier,
cotter,
compatriot,
backsettler, boarder, hotel keeper,
innkeeper,
habitant, paying guest, planter, native,
indigene,
aborigines,
autochthones,
englishman, john bull,
newcomer,
aboriginal, american,
caledonian,
cambrian,
canadian, canuck*, downeaster,
scot,
scotchman,
hibernian,
irishman,
welshman, uncle sam,
yankee, brother jonathan, garrison,
crew, population, people, colony, settlement, household,
mir Adj. indigenous, native,
natal,
autochthonal,
autochthonous, british, english, american,
canadian, irish, scotch, scottish, welsh, domestic,
domiciliated,
domiciled,
naturalized,
vernacular,
domesticated, domiciliary, in the occupation of, garrisoned by, occupied by
N. interiority, inside, interior,
interspace,
subsoil,
substratum,
intrados, contents, substance,
pith,
marrow,
backbone, heart,
bosom, breast, abdomen, vitals,
viscera,
entrails,
bowels,
belly, intestines, guts, chitterings,
womb,
lap,
penetralia, recesses, innermost recesses, cave
V. be inside, within, place within, keep within, inclose,
intern, imbed
Adj. interior, internal, inner, inside, inward, intraregarding, inmost,
innermost, deep seated,
gut, intestine,
intestinal, inland,
subcutaneous, abdominal,
coeliac, endomorphic,
interstitial, inwrought, inclosed, home, domestic, indoor,
intramural,
vernacular,
endemic Adv. internally, inwards, within, in,
inly, here in, there in, where in, ab intra,
withinside, in doors, within doors, at home, in the bosom of one's family
N. language,
phraseology, speech, tongue,
lingo,
vernacular, mother tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue, household words, king's english, queen's english, dialect, confusion of tongues,
babel, pasigraphie,
pantomime,
onomatopoeia, betacism, mimmation, myatism,
nunnation,
pasigraphy,
lexicology,
philology,
glossology,
glottology,
linguistics,
chrestomathy,
paleology,
paleography, comparative grammar, literature, letters, polite literature, belles lettres,
muses,
humanities, literae humaniores, republic of letters, dead languages, classics, genius of language,
scholarship V. express by words
Phr. "syllables govern the world"
N. neology,
neologism, newfangled expression, # nonce expression, back-formation, caconym,
barbarism,
archaism,
black letter, monkish latin, corruption, missaying,
malapropism,
antiphrasis,
pun, paranomasia, play upon words, word play,
double-entendre,
palindrome,
paragram,
anagram,
clinch, abuse of language, abuse of terms, dialect,
brogue,
idiom,
accent,
patois,
provincialism, regionalism,
localism, broken english,
lingua franca,
anglicism,
briticism,
gallicism,
scotticism,
hibernicism,
americanism, gypsy lingo,
romany, pidgin, pidgin english, pigeon english,
volapuk,
chinook, esperanto,
hindustani, kitchen kaffir, dog latin, macaronics,
gibberish, confusion of tongues,
babel, babu english, chi-chi, figure of speech,
byword,
colloquialism, informal speech, informal language, substandard language,
vernacular, vulgar language, obscene language,
obscenity,
vulgarity,
jargon, technical terms,
technicality,
lingo,
slang,
cant,
argot, st. gile's greek, thieves' latin, peddler's french, flash tongue,
billingsgate, wall street slang,
pseudology,
pseudonym, mr. so-and-so, wha d'ye call 'em, whatchacallim, what's his name, thingummy, thingumbob, je ne sais quoi,
neologist, coiner of words
Habit Roget’s Thesaurus §613 N. habit,
habitude, assuetude|, assuefaction|,
wont, run, way, common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things, matter of course, beaten path, beaten track, beaten ground,
prescription, custom, use, usage, immemorial usage, practice,
prevalence,
observance,
conventionalism,
conventionality, mode, fashion,
vogue,
etiquette, order of the day, cry, conformity,
consuetude, dustoor, one's old way, old school, veteris vestigia flammae, laudator temporis acti, rule, standing order,
precedent,
routine,
red-tape,
red-tapism,
pipe clay,
rut, groove,
cacoethes, bad habit, confirmed habit, inveterate habit, intrinsic habit &c,
addiction,
trick, training, seasoning, second nature,
acclimatization, knack &c
V. be wont, fall into a rut, fall into a custom, tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten, stare super antiquas vias, move in a rut, run on in a groove, go round like a horse in a mill, go on in the old jog trot way,
habituate,
inure,
harden, season,
caseharden,
accustom,
familiarize,
naturalize,
acclimatize, keep one's hand in, train, get into the way, get into the knack of, learn, cling to, adhere to,
repeat, acquire a habit, contract a habit, fall into a habit, acquire a trick, contract a trick, fall into a trick, addict oneself to, take to, get into, be habitual, prevail, come into use, become a habit, take root, gain upon one, grow upon one
Adj. habitual,
accustomary,
prescriptive, accustomed, of daily occurrence, of everyday occurrence,
consuetudinary,
wonted, usual, general, ordinary, common, frequent,
everyday, household, garden variety,
jog,
trot, well-trodden,
well-known, familiar,
vernacular,
trite,
commonplace,
conventional, regular, set, stock, established,
stereotyped, prevailing, prevalent, current, received, acknowledged, recognized,
accredited, of course, admitted, understood,
conformable,
&c. 82, according to use, according to custom, according to routine, in vogue, in fashion, in, with it, fashionable,
wont, used to, given to, addicted to, attuned to,
habituated, in the habit of,
habitue, at home in, seasoned, imbued with, devoted to, wedded to,
hackneyed, fixed, rooted, deep-rooted,
ingrafted, permanent,
inveterate,
besetting,
naturalized, ingrained
Adv. habitually, always, as usual, as is one's wont, as things go, as the world goes, as the sparks fly upwards, more suo, more solito, ex more, as a rule, for the most part, usually, generally, typically, most often, most frequently
Phr. cela s'entend, abeunt studia in mores, adeo in teneris consuescere multum est, consuetudo quasi altera natura, hoc erat in more majorum, "how use doth breed a habit in a man!", magna est vis consuetudinis, morent fecerat usus