wont to

1. 1.

   in the habit of doing something

   “...was wont to complain that this is a cold world”

   Synonymsused to

   Similaraccustomed to

   literature · poetry

Questions about wont to

What does wont to mean?

wont to means "in the habit of doing something".

What is another word for wont to?

Close synonyms include used to. 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 wont to a common word?

wont to is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.