| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual action |
Synonyms: |
addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, habitude, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot, swim, thing, trick, usage, use, way, wont |
| Notes: | costume and custom were actually two forms of the same Latin root consuetudinem 'habit, custom,' with costume first meaning 'manners and customs belonging to a particular time and place' |
Antonyms: |
departure, deviation, difference, divergence, irregularity |
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual, traditional action |
Synonyms: |
attitude, canon, ceremony, character, convention, conventionalism, customariness, design, dictates, established way, etiquette, fashion, folkways, form, formality, inheritence, manner, matter of course, method, mode, mold, mores, observance, observation, pattern, performance, policy, practice, praxis, precedent, precept, rite, routine, rule, second nature, style, system, taste, type, unwritten law, unwritten rule, usage, use, vogue, way |
Antonyms: |
departure, deviation |
| Main Entry: | customs |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | duties |
Synonyms: |
imposts, tariffs, tax |
| Main Entry: | ceremony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual; celebratory observation |
Synonyms: |
ceremonial, commemoration, custom, formality, function, liturgy, observance, ordinance, parade, rite, sacrament, service, show, solemnity, tradition |
| Main Entry: | civilization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | society |
Synonyms: |
civilized life, community, customs, literate society, modern humanity, mores, nation, people, polity, way of life |
| Main Entry: | code |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law, rule |
Synonyms: |
canon, charter, codex, constitution, convention, custom, digest, discipline, ethics, etiquette, manners, maxim, method, regulation, system |
| Main Entry: | commemoration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honoring, observance |
Synonyms: |
celebration, ceremony, custom, memorial service, monumentalization, recognition, remembrance, tribute |
Antonyms: |
forgetting, neglect, negligence, unobservance |
| Main Entry: | constitution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | establishment |
Synonyms: |
charter, code, composition, custom, formation, lawmaking, legislation, organization, written law |
| Main Entry: | convention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practice, tradition |
Synonyms: |
canon, code, covenance, custom, etiquette, fashion, form, formality, habit, law, percept, precept, propriety, rule, understanding, usage |
Antonyms: |
strangeness |
| Main Entry: | culture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ideas, values of a people |
Synonyms: |
arts and sciences, civilization, convention, customs, development, ethnology, folklore, folkways, grounding, habit, humanism, knowledge, lifestyle, mores, society, the arts, way of life |
| Notes: | culture is acquired by study and application; cultivation is developed by training and exposure |