'Habitat' definitions:
Definition of 'habitat'
(from WordNet)
noun
The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds" [syn: habitat, home ground]
Definition of 'Habitat'
From: GCIDE
- Habitat \Hab"i*tat\ (h[a^]b"[i^]*t[a^]t), n. [L., it dwells, fr. habitare. See Habit, v. t.]
- 1. (Biol.) The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Place where anything is commonly found. [1913 Webster]
- This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'habitat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abode,
- alentours,
- ambience,
- ambit,
- bailiwick,
- borderlands,
- circle,
- circuit,
- circumambiencies,
- circumjacencies,
- circumstances,
- compass,
- context,
- domain,
- element,
- entourage,
- environing circumstances,
- environment,
- environs,
- gestalt,
- haunt,
- home,
- locale,
- locality,
- milieu,
- native environment,
- neighborhood,
- outposts,
- outskirts,
- perimeter,
- periphery,
- precincts,
- purlieus,
- range,
- realm,
- site,
- situation,
- stamping ground,
- suburbs,
- surroundings,
- terrain,
- territory,
- total environment,
- vicinage,
- vicinity