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practices - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | routine, usual procedure |
| Synonyms: | convention, custom, fashion, form, habit, manner, method, mode, praxis, proceeding, process, rule, system, tradition, trick, usage, use, usefulness, utility, way, wont, convenance, habitude |
| Antonyms: | abstention, refrain |
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat action to improve |
| Synonyms: | build up, discipline, dress, drill, dry run*, exercise, go over, habituate, hone, iterate, polish, prepare, recite, rehearse, run through, sharpen, study, train, tune up, work, work out, become seasoned, do again, dress rehearse, shake-down, try out, walk through, warm up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exercise, application |
| Synonyms: | action, assignment, background, discipline, drill, effect, experience, iteration, operation, preparation, recitation, rehearsal, repetition, seasoning, study, training, use, drilling, homework, prepping, recounting, relating, tune-up, work-out |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, neglect |
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out; undertake |
| Synonyms: | apply, carry on, do, execute, follow, fulfill, function, observe, perform, ply, pursue, engage in, live up to, put into effect, specialize in, work at |
| Antonyms: | cease, forget, halt, neglect, stop |
| Main Entry: | practice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business; clientele of business |
| Synonyms: | career, profession, vocation, work, clients, patients |
| Main Entry: | mores |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | traditional customs |
| Synonyms: | attitude, etiquette, manners, morals, protocol, codes, established ways, formalities, policies, practices, principles, rites, rituals, routines, rules, social conduct, standards, way of life |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it*, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off*, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Antonyms: | abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adhere |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conform to or follow rules exactly |
| Synonyms: | abide by, comply, follow, fulfill, heed, keep, maintain, mind, obey, observe, practice, respect, support, be attached, be constant, be devoted, be devoted to, be faithful, be loyal, be true, cleave to, stand by |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, not conform |
| Main Entry: | application |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | use |
| Synonyms: | appliance, employment, exercise, function, operation, pertinence, play, practice, purpose, value, appositeness, exercising, germaneness, relevance, usance, utilization |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into use |
| Synonyms: | administer, assign, bring into play, bring to bear, employ, engage, execute, exercise, exploit, handle, implement, practice, utilize |
| Main Entry: | assignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility, task |
| Synonyms: | appointment, beat, charge, chore, commission, drill, duty, job, mission, position, post, practice, stint, homework |
| Main Entry: | athletics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sports |
| Synonyms: | contest, drill, practice, recreation, workout, events, exercises, games, races |
| Main Entry: | background |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experience or circumstances |
| Synonyms: | actions, atmosphere, attainment, aura, backdrop, breeding, capacity, credentials, cultivation, culture, education, environment, framework, history, practice, preparation, qualification, seasoning, tradition, training, upbringing, accomplishments, acquirement, deeds, grounding, rearing |
| Antonyms: | foreground |
| Main Entry: | behavior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manner of conducting oneself |
| Synonyms: | act, action, address, air, attitude, bag*, bearing, carriage, code, comportment, conduct, convention, course, dealings, decency, decorum, deed, delivery, demeanor, deportment, ethics, etiquette, expression, form, front, guise, habits, management, mien, mode, morals, nature, observance, performance, practice, presence, propriety, ritual, role, routine, savoir-faire, seemliness, social graces, speech, style, tact, talk, taste, tenue, tone, way, way of life, ways, what's done |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adapt, prepare |
| Synonyms: | accustom, brainwash, build up, educate, equip, habituate, inure, modify, practice, program, ready, sharpen, train, work out, loosen up, make ready, shape up, tone up, toughen up, warm up, whip into shape, work over |
| Main Entry: | conspiracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collusion in plan |
| Synonyms: | cabal, confederacy, disloyalty, fix, frame*, game, intrigue, league, machination, plot, practice, scheme, sedition, treachery, treason, trick, trickery, complot, connivance, countermine, counterplot, covin, hookup, little game, perfidy, put-up job, treacherousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | culture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breeding, education, sophistication |
| Synonyms: | ability, accomplishment, address, art, capacity, civilization, class, courtesy, cultivation, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, dress, elegance, elevation, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fashion, finish, gentility, grace, improvement, kindness, learning, manners, nobility, perception, polish, politeness, practice, proficiency, refinement, savoir-faire, science, skill, tact, training, aestheticism, good taste, urbanity |
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual action |
| Synonyms: | addiction, characteristic, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, hang-up*, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, routine, rule, second nature*, shot, swim, thing, trick, usage, use, way, wont, beaten path, consuetude, habitude, proprieties |
| Antonyms: | departure, deviation, difference, divergence, irregularity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual, traditional action |
| Synonyms: | attitude, canon, ceremony, character, convention, design, etiquette, fashion, form, formality, 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, usage, use, vogue, way, conventionalism, customariness, dictates, established way, folkways, inheritence, unwritten rule |
| Antonyms: | departure, deviation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discipline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regimen, training |
| Synonyms: | conduct, control, cultivation, curb, development, drill, education, exercise, indoctrination, limitation, method, practice, preparation, regulation, restraint, self-control, self-restraint, subordination, will, willpower, domestication, drilling, inculcation, orderliness, self-command, self-government, self-mastery, strictness |
| Antonyms: | chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, neglect, negligence, permissiveness |
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