inveterateadjective
uk/ɪnˈvet.ər.ət/us/ɪnˈvet̬.ɚ.ət/usually disapprovingan inveterate liar, gambler, etc.
someone who does something very often and cannot stop doing it:
I never trust anything he says - the man's an inveterate liar.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Habitual and customary
- accustomed
- all in a day's work idiom
- as a (general) rule idiom
- as a matter of course idiom
- as per usual/normal idiom
- expect
- more often than not idiom 1
- more often than not
- natural
- naturally
- need
- nine
- pro forma
- rule
- rule
- surprise
- surprise, surprise idiom
- trad
- usu
- usual
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