habit-forming

1. 1.

   causing or characterized by addiction

   “addictive drugs”

   “addictive behavior”

   Synonymsaddictive

Questions about habit-forming

What does habit-forming mean?

habit-forming means "causing or characterized by addiction".

How many syllables are in habit-forming?

habit-forming has 4 syllables and divides as ha-bit--for-ming under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for habit-forming?

Close synonyms include addictive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is habit-forming a common word?

habit-forming is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.