| 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: | usage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habit, custom |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, control, convention, currency, form, formula, habitude, handling, management, matter of course, method, mode, operation, practice, praxis, procedure, regime, regulation, rote, routine, rule, running, tradition, treatment, trick, use, way, wont |
| Main Entry: | foregone conclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sure success |
Synonyms: |
cinch, matter of course, par for the course, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, sure thing, sure-fire proposition |
| Main Entry: | matter of course |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typical matter |
Synonyms: |
logical outcome, natural outcome, nothing to wonder at, rule, usual, usual course, usual practice |
| Main Entry: | second nature |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual behavior pattern |
Synonyms: |
acquired behavior, custom, familiarity, force of habit, habit, habit pattern, matter of course |
| Main Entry: | habitualness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | usualness |
Synonyms: |
beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, customariness, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, habitude, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, normalcy, normality, observance, ordinariness, p, practice, praxis, precedent, prevalence |
| Main Entry: | habitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custom |
Synonyms: |
addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot* |
| Main Entry: | usance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custom |
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 |